I posted this in the original location, but that was 2 months ago and I
don't know if anyone will see it, but it's important to me so here it is
again. (I'll check both locations for answers.)

In comp.mobile.android, on Sun, 7 Jan 2024 15:37:46 +0000, Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:

micky wrote:

In guatemala, not enough access to answer posts that were in reply to
me, but new problem arises. Trying to text my sister in law, long text,
but I get
"Free Msg: Unable to send message. Message blocking is active"

Same message 4 times in a row from just one long text of mine.

Do you think this is the internet, or is it my sister-in-law actually
blocking me. Is this the terminology if it were my sil?

Staying in a 40-dollar hotel in the redlight district, but their
free-included internet has worked fine. No problems until now.

(I still don't have a sim so I have to do everything from the hotel or
other wifi places.)

Don't blame your sister.
That block comes from your phone company; too many texts sent in too
short a time.
Who do you use? ATT, Verizon, T-Mobile, Google Fi?

In a while they'll raise the block.

Ed

After reading all the very helpful replies, it was clear that it didn't
get sent because I had no sim and was using the hotel's internet. (I
didn't understand things then. Should have used whatsapp.)

Anyhow, I got 5 identical error messages, but there were no times
listed. No days either. (I don't know if the error message came every 5
minutes or every 12 hours.)

My question now is, when I got a sim a day or two later and had normal
complete Guatemalan cellphone service, do you think the text finally got sent????? Or did it just die in the phone since the phone tried 5
times and never succeeded? Does it keep trying forever, or stop after 5
tries?


FWIW, it's important because my 83-yo brother tells me that my sil
doesn't want me to stay overnight anymore at their apartment in Florida
(and I live in maryland), and I'm trying to decide if I need to
apologize for this text or not, if she got it or not. It wasn't
terible** but nothing I've said has been terrible and I see that I've
been getting on her nerves and she's not as forgiving as her pleasant
demmeanor made me think. And since he was sick and slept all the time
for days on my last trip around New Years, I want to see him again 11
days from now.


**FTR, I had written "The second thing, With David having covid and
having those seizures, is this a good time to go to Mexico. Can David
even walk down all those halls and will he want to go. It seems good to
stay close to his doctors in florida. My 2 cents. Love Micky"

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