Re: Email to SMS
From: CCH (chobbs_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 05/05/04
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Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 19:05:00 -0700
If you don't know the carrier of the recipient, you can send it to
phone#@teleflip.com. Pretty cool service which figures out the right place
to send the message. It does put a tag at the bottom, but that is not a big
deal. I don't know if this works for non-US phone numbers.
"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote in
message news:OtzEDJiMEHA.140@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Could you clarify your intent... i.e. sending from outlook on the pc or
> inbox on the ppc_pe?
>
> For the former, it's provider specific... i.e. you have to know the
> provider's sms converter address to which you add the phone number...
i.e.;
>
> 1234567890@VText.com
>
> ...to send to any Verizon customer.
>
> The following is a post from last summer when I did some research on the
> USA options.
>
> Beverly
>
> ====================
>
>
> To send SMS from any ppc-pe or smartphone, simply address the message
> with the phone number... the good news is that the receiver does not
> have to be using the same carrier for messages addressed with number
> only to get there.
>
> What's not well know is that you can SMS most cellular phones using
> email on your ppc or PC.
>
> !!!! COURTESY NOTE !!!!
>
> Don't do this until you communicate your intent with the owner of the
> phone... the cost should be significantly less than a one minute phone
> call, but there is a cost...
>
> In addition, different companies have different plans and it is still
> possible that when a user views his/her first message that they will be
> hit with a significant service rate increase.
>
> To send SMS from a computer, use the following domain names preceded by
> the phone number with numeric characters only... for example;
>
> 5553438910@vtext.com
>
> There is a character limit that varies between carriers and handsets...
> Verizon is 160 characters, but I have heard of limits as low as 50
> characters... longer messages will simply be truncated and the remainder
> discarded.
>
> Verizon Wireless @vtext.com
> T-Mobile @tmomail.net
> @voicestream.net
> Nextel @messaging.nextel.com
> AT&T @mobile.att.net
> Cingular @mobile.mycingular.com
> Sprint PCS @messaging.sprintpcs.com
> Cellular One @mycellone.net
> Alltel @alltelmessage.com
> HickoryTech @sms.hickorytech.com
> Qwest Wireless @qwestmp.com
> SureWest @mobile.surewest.com
> Telus Mobility @msg.telus.com
>
> addressing sms to internet addresses
>
> Verizon
> Address: 6245 (that's telephone for "MAIL")
> Subject: <email_address>
>
> T-Mobile
> Address the SMS to 500
> No Subject
> Body: Email@server.com<space>/Subject<space>/Message
>
> example:
> myemail@cox.net /test /Testing sms messages to email
>
> Verizon also allows the ability to "customize" the numeric address by
> going to http://vtext.com and registering your cell number and
> associating it with a "nickname" that can then be addressed from a PC
> such as "mynickname@vtext.com"
>
>
>
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