How To Send Email To Any Cell Phone (for Free)

I hope this doesn’t catch on. Until recently, I paid for text messages, and there’s no guarantee I’ll continue to get free SMS in the future. If I wanted someone to text me on my phone, I would give them the information to do so myself.

Totally agree with Kenneth. I do use this to txt my wife, who’s plan I know has unlimited text. Just easier when I am at work and I know she’s on the road or away from a computer. Verizon is the service and it works great. I don’t think I would just text people that I don’t already normally text and get texts from - I mean, you have to know the carrier to use this - I don’t generally know someone’s carrier unless I have talked to them about phones or if we are already texting each other.

In some cases [*] the one who pays is the one who receives the SMS. ;-P

[*] In Argentina, for example.

One more tip for BPL users in India……
This is really good trick that I use…..

Email alert:
The moment you get an email you can get an alert on your mobile phone. This is how it works:

If you have a gmail ID (that’s what I use, hence am giving that example) go to “Setting” in top right corner. Then go to “Forwarding and POP/IMAP” then select “Forward a copy of incoming mail to” and put in your bplmobile email address…. that is 98xxxxxxxx@bplmobile.com (replace xs with your BPL mobile number). Now Save changes and enjoy!

Try sending an email to your gmail account through some other account, not through the same gmail account, and you will get an sms with brief details of the email. Have fun

I use to use this method to forward all my gmail to it on my enV verizon phone. The mobile email client on that phone was awful and by setting up my gmail this way was like ‘push mail’ to my cell. It also only sent one txt and not the full email, so it was more so a preview and if I wanted to read the rest I could just go to my gmail on the phones browser.

Works on Telus Mobility; thanks for the tip. This will make it way easier for my husband to reach me.

Hi,
Vodacom SA requires registration so that they can send you advertisements and limit you to 3 per day. They SUCK!

hey this actually works so cool.. thanx for the info..

This is very handy for me when my husband stops by Super Walmart and asks if I want him to pick anything up while he’s there. He’ll forget something if my list is more than 3 items, so I’ve been texting him a list. Even though I have T9, texting a shopping list is a pain, and most times I’m near my computer, so I’ve been emailing the shopping list to him since I learned about it from another tech blog (whose list of servers wasn’t nearly as detailed as yours LOL). We didn’t do this very much at first, so I didn’t arrange to have unlimited text. But since Ike, I decided to pay the extra $5/month to ensure I’ll be able to communicate during any major power losses.

But, although this is convenient for me at this time, I share concerns with Kenneth and Alan. It would be so easy for spammers and marketers to rig something up to send spam texts, which are annoying, but for people that have to pay for each text msg, it will cost them in addition to being annoying.

I’m not pleased with my default T-Mobile options that either don’t have blocking capabilities, or maybe they’re buried so deeply that I haven’t found it yet (I’ve been through my menus many times, and have never found blocking options). I’d love for phones to give options similar to IM programs, where only allowed people could call, text, or send photos.

If those options are available with some unlocked phone hacks, I’d LOVE to read about it here 8^)

Nothing for Spain?

I’m trying whith 123456789@orange.es and I recive a SMS saying me that I have an email. But I don’t see the mail (sms).

Thanks!!

What is the APN for t-mobile Netherlands then? Tried all the options, but didn’t work..

is there nothing for italian carriers?

this is gonna be fun spamming friends and family lol

Please change you story to “many” cell phones and not any cell phones since most telcos have closed that option international.

Thanks for the useful info…
btw, What’s the APN for AirTel (Maharashtra, India) ?

I think this list is old, Argentina companies are different now: Movicom is now Movistar, and CTI is now Claro, so I think they should be changed their email addresses.

http://gizmosms.com/

Limited to 80 characters, but you don’t need to know the carrier…

VERY USEFUL TO ME THANKS

I tried thanks

This is free only to those who don’t pay for incoming messages.

just what i was looking for since “send to SMS” was retired from google toolbar.
if i’m online and looking for phone nos. or other info instead of jotting it down on a slip of paper, which invariably gets lost, i send an SMS to my cell and can retrieve later
many thanks
wintkat

You have any UK based lists?

http://www.txtdrop.com/ free texts without needing to know the carrier. Also has a nice vista sidebar widget.

[anycellnumber]@teleflip.com

Hey,

for cincinnati bell, a smaller carrier located in the greater cincinnati region (inc. northern ky, east indiania, and through dayton) you can do (ten-digit number)@mms.gocbw.com.

In Mexico is 529991234567@mmsnextel.com.mx (ten-digit number)@mmsnextel.com.mx and works exactly like Spring-Nextel.

Wow, makes perfect sense doesnt it!

jess
http://www.privacy.mx.tc

Here in Mexico there’s Iusacell.

[10-digit telephone number]@rek2.com.mx

are you sure it’s free? I’ve used this before and I think the person getting the SMS still pays.

Loads listed on this site.

http://www.tech-faq.com/send-text-messages-free.shtml

Doesn’t seem to work for Mobitel, Sri Lanka. Can you help?

Cellular One in Northeast AZ is number@cellularoneaz.net

Rogers Canada

Note: a monthly fee of $5 applies when you subscribe to the Email -to -TXT Direct Delivery Option.
*Regular Text Message charges will apply to reply to a Message Alert.

Oh.. sorry for my earlier comment. It works fine for Mobitel, Sri Lanka.
Thanks for the info.

Anyone know how to do this with the mexican carrier telcel?

Can’t seem to do it with o2, I’ve tried several combinations

This page seems to have a lot more email to sms gateways listed (atleast for my country -india): http://www.mutube.com/projects/open-email-to-sms/gateway-list/

Cool trick to know and it works great. Thanks for the info.

anyone know how to do this in australia for carriers optus and 3
thanks

T-Mobile Uk not working checked a few times.

Airtel (Andhra Pradesh,India) - number@airtelap.com

Doesn’t seem to work for Meteor (Ireland)

tried with T mobile UK but returned fatal error

Is there a way to email pictures, the same way as text ?

A1/Mobilkom Austria:
+43664xxxxxx@text.mobilkom.at
Users first need to send a SMS containing „Info“ to 0664/68001. A confirmation should follow.

To summarize the sites with gateways:
http://www.notepage.net/smtp.htm
http://www.tech-faq.com/send-text-messages-free.shtml
http://www.mutube.com/projects/open-email-to-sms/gateway-list/

It’s a good idea to sign up a gmail account, like andrewsphone@gmail.com and have it forward all your SMS’s to your [10digitnumber]@xxx.xxx.xxx email listed in the above post.

That way its both easier for people to remember, and it hides your cell # from people you don’t want to have it.

Just go to Settings in GMail and go to Forwarding and set it up there.

I just did it, and it works.

I tested out the one from Aruba and it should be “297number@mas.aw” not “297+number@mas.aw”.

In any case… this is great info, much appreciated. I live abroad so this is perfect to communicate with some relatives and friends, although they can’t reply :S

Well I know that former Cingular also uses @mobile.mycingular.com. I can say that with authority because it works for my husband and I use it daily. I’ve not even tried the new AT&T one.

There is a saying here in the south, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” So there you go.

Movicom (Argentina) was acquired by Movistar and to send e-mail: number@sms.movistar.net.ar

Wow, I used to use this 10 years ago before I could get email on my phone.

Very sharp idea.
Its great to make use of free facilities like these.

thanks from tony

does anyone have Telstra or Vodafone in Australia?

for optus australia is (number with 0 in front)@optusmobile.com.au

what about Telecom NZ

thanks - but I asked for Telstra or Vodafone.

But now I think of it - Three & Virgin too!

sent test messages to my cell yesterday from both
http://teleflip.com and http://gizmosms.com/
and still waiting for their arrival this morning

the test message via my carrier Verizon
xxxxxxxxxx@vtext.com arrived instantly

Here is SMS gateway for Latvian provider LMT (Latvijas Mobilajs Telefons): number@sms.lmt.lv

sent test messages to my cell yesterday from both
http://teleflip.com and http://gizmosms.com/
and still waiting for their arrival this morning

the test message via my carrier Verizon @vtext.com arrived instantly

The Helio info in incorrect. your_number@myhelio.com goes to your myhelio email account. To send email to your phone, you must use the sprint gateway…. your_helio_number@messaging.sprintpcs.com

Wow it actually worked for me, cool thanks.

I would be interesteted in the one for vodafone australia as well!

Vodafone in Italy works like this:
number@sms.vodafone.it

I am not sure if anyone is charged, but it works!

Can you add someone for Telecom Italia, Wind, H3G in italy?

how about for maxis, malaysia?

The ATT MMS for the iPhone does NOT work!! Believed to be restricted…..BG