IPhone says 'iMessage not activated' and?

People are getting texts from my email instead of iMessage, also I'm not receiving texts. Anyone know what to do?

Go to setting then go to messages then it will say i message on of off turn it on and scroll up until you see were it says sen and recive and click there the you will see your email and phone number click your puone number and deactivated the email

Http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268

You should check out the above link. This article is from Apple themselves and it resolved every issue with iMessage I have come across. I wish I was able to walk you through it better but go line by line, making sure to click on each arrow. Do not skip a step.

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