One_Caterpillar5020 OP t1_j9c667m wrote on February 20, 2023 at 9:13 PM

Reply to comment by little_nipas in When someone iMessages my number, can I have it automatically go to my email registered for iMessage instead? by One_Caterpillar5020

So a potential solution could be:

add my Apple ID email for iMessages to existing group iMessages so they can continue to go through as iMessages on iPhone at home
tell people to call, not text me, because it will go through as SMS (and I won’t respond lol)
deal with the text SMSs as they come in, try to iMessage back later with my email

Does that sound like it would work? It’s mostly the group iMessages that I would like to be able to see on my iPhone at home. All other texts can get lost!

I hope this just isn’t crazy annoying to others. I know it means they’ll text me less but that’s kinda the point

little_nipas t1_j9dckx8 wrote on February 21, 2023 at 2:19 AM

That could work. But I’ll tell you right now from experience. It is going to get really annoying on your end to try and manage. Because with I message it wants to work with you being all in or all out. My mom has tried limiting things like that and it has been a frustrating experience.