Website to send text messages to cell phones... (email, how to, work)

[Sheridan1962]

does anyone know of any good ones (i.e ones that actually work). Thanks.

[scarmig]

I thought you could just email people who have cell phones? At least, I can to my wife's phone.

[swagger]

Most carriers have an email-to-SMS gateway. You just need to know how to address the message. For instance, Verizon uses the vtext.com domain, so emails would go to 2135551212@vtext.com to send a text to a cell with the number (213) 555-1212.

There's a list of known gateways here.

[Bo]

I've had good results with Gizmo SMS - Send FREE messages to any Mobile Phone

[Sheridan1962]

Thanks for the suggestions. I am pretty technically illiterate, so I wasn't aware you could send an email to a cell phone. I know my husband can open emails on his blackberry, but not sure what kind of the phone the recipient I want to text to from the PC has so not sure if that can be done. But again, thanks.

[Dude111]

Here is a good one

www.emailtextmessages.com

[Mr. Lee]

You can set up a Google Voice account which would then give you a phone number to text from your computer with, if that is what you wish to do and replies would also go to your computer or anywhere you access your account.

[reed303]

Originally Posted by Sheridan1962

Thanks for the suggestions. I am pretty technically illiterate, so I wasn't aware you could send an email to a cell phone. I know my husband can open emails on his blackberry, but not sure what kind of the phone the recipient I want to text to from the PC has so not sure if that can be done. But again, thanks.

Cellphone text messages are different than Internet e-mails. When using something like Verizon's 2125551212@vtext.com service, they are converting your Email (SMTP) message to a Cellphone (SMS) text message. So your recipient does *not* need an Email reader on their cell/smartphone. You do need to know who their carrier is to use their gateway.

I use Verizon's vtext. com service to send text messages from my PC to family's Verizon phones. And they can reply with text messages that arrive in my PC's Email in-box.

A list of "SMS Gateways" is here: Martin Fitzpatrick

[renoldscott]

I agree with Dude111.

[old_cold]

Both Yahoo and AOL email have a function whereby messages can be sent as text as long as you have the phone number.