IPod iMessage Doesn't Work Properly

I have a fourth generation iPod Touch and I use iMessage so that my iPod Touch and iPhone people can text me (without using service like Google Voice etc.). Since this is an iPod Touch, not an iPhone, iMessage connects via email address, not phone number.
The problem I am having is that texts, EVEN from iPhone users get sent to my real email adress in Gmail--on the internet; it's not funneling it through iMessage. But, I can send out texts via iMessage to iPod Touch's with iMessage installed via email address or to iPhones.
What causes this? Even when I have strong WiFi signal (because I guess it forces it into email instead of just storiing up all of the iMessage texts until the next time I am on WiFi) it still receives iMessage texts as regular emails in Gmail online, not as texts in the iMessage app, but I can send one out and then and only then does a reply come.
Makes sense?
I basically want ALL texts sent from iPhone and iPod Touch 4G to come into iMessage appon my iPod Touch 4G NOT as regular emails in my Gmail inbox. It works off and on.
I am on the latest iOS6 version.

Have you tried it on another computer? i get that message sometimes and i just plug it into my Tablet PC and it seems to work fine on the computer that was originaly giving me trouble.

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