Can you send emails to cell phones?

Posted by Elizabeth Goodman in Quick Tips Saturday, November 28, 2009

Do you know that every cell phone has an email address associated with it and you can send an email to the mobile phone and it will be delivered as a text message (SMS)? It's also a great way to get email messages on your phone.
Yes, you can get email on your phone! (Without paying the web fees) All you need to know is your cell phone's email address.
So how to find the mobile phones email address?
The cell phones email address is the 10 digit phone number @ the domain from your service provider. See the partial list below for the more common providers.
Reverse way to find what your mobiles email address is.
Compose a text message from your mobile and send it to your email address. From the email you received you can find your cell phones email address.
When you send the SMS from your computer, the first 160 characters will be delivered and the subject of the email is also counted towards this.
Note:
Incoming messages may be charged based on the service provider.
Most carriers block emails with images, so you may want to delete your signature before sending, as signatures with logos are not delivered.
Here is a list of domain for popular service providers
Alltel number@message.alltel.com
ATT or Cingular number@cingularme.com,
number@mobile.mycingular.com,
number@txt.att.com
Boost number@myboostmobile.com
Sprint number@messaging.sprintpcs.com (Sprint PCS)
number@messaging.nextel.com (Nextel)
T-Mobile number@tmomail.net
Verizon number@vtext.com

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