Don’t Miss a Thing – SMS + Email
Just about everybody these days has a cell phone. Even more people have email addresses. So why not put them both together without having to pay more. A lot of people on the go feel they need a smart phone with email and internet capabilities just to keep up with all their work. A cheaper and easy solution is forwarding your emails to your phone via SMS. This requires no software and, if you have unlimited SMS’ing, no increased phone bill. Most email providers, in this tutorial I’m using Gmail, provide some sort of email forwarding, intended to send incoming email to an alternate address. One thing a lot of people don’t know is that your phone cones with an email address. For example, the email that goes with my phone would be 0123456789@txt.att.net. So I go into my email settings and forward my messages to that email. The email address will vary from location and carrier but the process is essentially the same. So thanks to Email-to-SMS-Gateway, you can get your email without spending a dime.
You can Even reply. This isn’t as pretty. Just look for the email address it was sent from in the SMS message (not the forwarded one). and reply using that address instead of a number.
Here is a list of the formats for cell phone email addresses: http://www.accutracking.com/sms-email.html
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October 20th, 2008 at 5:28 am
Just curious. If you don’t have a text plan with your phone, do you pay for this each time a message forwards from your email to your phone? I don’t have a text plan with Verizon, but I can send and receive text, but they charge me each time I use it. I did not need a text plan because I don’t use it too often.
October 20th, 2008 at 7:44 am
At least with my plan, they do not charge me for incoming texts. I think the philosophy is that you should not be held responsible for telling the whole world that you don’t have texting and you have to pay every time you need to use. Maybe try it out then look at your phone bill. Or ask your carrier if you get charged for incoming texts.
October 20th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Connor, you have a good phone plan. Consumer Affairs says most plans charge for text messaging if you have not signed up for it. What phone service do you use?
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/07/cell_phone_charges.html
October 20th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
I use AT and T. I wasn’t saying that they don’t charge for text messaging if your not signed up for it. T i Think the AT&T service charges $0.00 for incoming texts and $0.25 for outgoing texts. Maybe I was misinformed. Im 16 years old, I don’t pay the bills. Lol. I appreciate your interest, Len.
October 20th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Actually, I enjoyed your article. I learned a lot, and was just not sure if it would be free for me. I know you are 16 from OD, and your are far ahead of my skills when I was that age. Keep up the good work.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Thanks a lot. Your interest mean s lot to me.
February 25th, 2009 at 9:37 am
Good One