With the many different messaging apps and services available to us online and on our mobile phones, it’s sometimes easy to forget that the good old sms still exist. Like the pneumatic tubes in the mail rooms of yesteryear, the pneumatic tube of text messages sends an SMS via email. If you’re ever in a pinch without your phone for whatever reason, here’s a guide to sending a text message via email.
How to send text messages via email
This guide will walk you through a few different methods on how to send a text message from your email account. If you find yourself texting via email frequently, you may want to download a browser extension to make your life a little easier.
Step 1: Using the email client of your choice, compose your email. you can use your smartphone or your computer to write it.
Step 2: Instead of entering an email address in the recipient box, enter the 10-digit phone number of the person you are trying to reach.
Step 3: Once entered, add the appropriate “@gateway” address after the phone number.
Below, we have compiled a list of some of the most common service providers in the United States and their corresponding gateway addresses. Please note that if you are trying to send a message that is longer than 160 characters, it will often be sent via Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS). If the person you are messaging does not have a messaging plan that includes mms, then they will not receive the message or may be charged an additional fee to open it. however, some carriers also offer email-to-mms gateways, so be sure to use this if it’s a long message.
one last thing to note is that if you use boost, cricket wireless, republic wireless, straight talk, ting, or tracfone, all of which are mobile virtual network operators (mvno), you may need to enter the address of the gateway that belongs to either sprint, t-mobile, verizon, or at&t, rather than the ones listed above, as they all take advantage of these major networks.
Download an extension for faster texting
if you use chrome as your browser and want to send sms using your gmail account frequently, we suggest you try this time saving extension. it’s called send your email to sms (text), and it will format your email automatically for text, it makes email to text much easier to read and is more efficient since you don’t have to worry about codes of operator. messages arrive in your inbox and can be replied to, making it more natural to have a conversation with a mobile user, and you can even set sms alerts for incoming emails.
if you want more automation and use google voice, it is possible to link google calendar with gmail with smart device management system if this then that (ifttt). From here, you can configure ifttt to schedule a text message using google voice, which some may find a faster option than going through the whole process with email.
Use web app services (business-friendly)
There are many online services and applications for sending text messages via email, which may be more suitable for businesses. message media is one of our favorites as it makes the process very simple and supports sms, rcs, mms, messenger and even whatsapp messages.
has a useful feature where you can see your original message and subsequent replies, so you can quickly track a conversation. it also allows you to send text messages to international phone numbers and, for an additional cost, you can use alpha tags to identify senders, text-to-speech, dedicated numbers and other useful extras.
You can try messaging media for free to see if it works for you, but you’ll need to sign up for a monthly subscription to continue using it after the trial period.
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