[aklug] Re: HOWTO: Send free text messages through email

Robert Crowe wrote, on 12/11/2008 1:20 AM:
> HOWTO: Send free text messages through
> email<http://www.allthingsmarked.com/2006/09/04/howto-send-free-text-messages-through-email/>
> *[ 4 September 2006
> ]*<CLICK><http://www.allthingsmarked.com/2006/09/04/howto-send-free-text-messages-through-email/>
> *NOTE*: Messages still incur the cost to the receiver who will always have
> to pay for an incoming message. This method makes sending free.
>
> If you ever need to text someone on their phone and you're at a computer you
> can actually send one through your email account. Just send an email to
> their address below based on their phone service:
>
> Verizon: 10digitphonenumber@vtext.com
> AT&T: 10digitphonenumber@txt.att.net
> Sprint: 10digitphonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com
> T-Mobile: 10digitphonenumber@tmomail.net
> Nextel: 10digitphonenumber@messaging.nextel.com
> Cingular: 10digitphonenumber@cingularme.com
> Virgin Mobile: 10digitphonenumber@vmobl.com
> Alltel: 10digitphonenumber@message.alltel.com
> CellularOne: 10digitphonenumber@mobile.celloneusa.com
> Omnipoint: 10digitphonenumber@omnipointpcs.com
> Qwest: 10digitphonenumber@qwestmp.com
>
> Or, if you don't know the person's phone service, you can send a message to
> their 10digitphonenumber@teleflip.com

If you're desperate and Teleflip doesn't know, you can also look up
what their carrier is by the first 7 digits of their 10-digit:

http://www.fonefinder.net/

To enable further sleuthing, the magic phrase you need is "SMS
gateway". This Wikipedia article has quite a few of them listed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_gateway

Royce

-- 
Royce D. Williams                                   - http://royce.ws/
    If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.  - Latin proverb
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