which is the first thing I checked. which is why I also specifically stated it does this with spam filters and text blocking off. it's in two places: there's an option in you call plan (which is not in mine) and there's a toggle in the portal. You have to have both the service plan option, and the toggle on. I have neither.

The thing is, this was an issue with both sprint and tmobile (before the merger). if you google for it, you'll see people on att and verizon are having this issue as well.

I think the op was correct - they're purposely making it hostile for users of the free tier. which is hilarious, because they do show you ads on the webmail client. you'd figure they'd want people using their email..

which i do. for spam, with the bonus that I don't have to deactivate the account - they kill it for me after i can't validate in a month. it's finally a feature.