Address book and SMS messages

Hi,
I am having some difficulty getting incoming SMS messages to appear with address book. It worked about a week ago, then did an update to the Mac OS and it doesn't work. Incoming calls show up, just not incoming SMS messages.
Also, is there a way to send SMS messages to an email address through address book as I can through my phone?
Working with a G4 running 10.4.8
Nokia 6230
Is there a preference I possibly changed?

i got same problem here.
My incoming sms only managed to pop up in address book during the first connection (via bluetooth) to my Nokia 6230i, right after i upgrade my system to 10.4.8.
Subsequent connections fail to get incoming sms pop up again.
Tried changing many settings but it never works again. i have already given up now.
I'm using Address book Version 4.0.4 (485.1).

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