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

anyone manage to get vodaphone uk or tmobile uk working?

nTelos.. a wireless carrier in Virginia, West Virginia, Parts of Kentucky, Ohio, and North Carolina. Website: ntelos.com. you can email to sms at 0000000000@pcs.ntelos.com. No MMS can journey through this address, just text.

Another plug for a free web 2.0 ish free text messaging website http://www.textme2day.com

Hello guys,
I am wondering if you could help me in figuring out the sms to email gateways for US based carriers. I have already got the list for a few, but there are still a hundred or so other carriers for which I was not able to obtain the gateway names.

I have a compiled list of all possible gateways for carriers from all over the world sorted by country. If anyone wants the spreadsheet (Excel file), please drop your email ids and I will be happy to send it across.

Thanks

….any info on top carriers in Germany is welcomed…..please…

does anyone know if any of the honduran cell phone providers can handle this way to send messages comment back if u know how i can do it.

it works!

Nikhil,

Can you send the gateway list to me or send the link for the complete gateway list?

Thanks
Raj

Hello — I am in Canada, and tried the number@pcs.rogers.com for Rogers cell customers, and it doesn’t work. I got a text message saying, “Bienvenue au service courriel SMS de Rogers. Vous avez du courrier, mais n’etes pas abbonne. Repondez “ouio” pour vous abboner.” — which basically says, “Welcome to the Email SMS service from Rogers. You have mail, but you’re not subscribed. Please reply YES to subscribe.”. What a scam. They don’t even bother to tell you how much the useless service is.

Does anyone know if there is a way to do this in Japan over any of the following providers:

Softbank (Formerly vodafone)
AU
Docomo

Wow you guys u dont have to memorize these just send XXXXXXXXXX@teleflip.com

For MTN in South Africa you need to be an MTN user in the first place, you have to register and then you only get 5 SMS’s a day. Kak.

This doesn’t work for Meteor (Ireland). You get an email back with 550 Access Denied (RESET)

Here you have 2 of 4 gateways from to Dominican Republic Carriers.

First the carrier Tricom

Phone_Number@movil.tricom.net

and second for the carrier Claro (former Verizon, former Codetel)

Phone_Number@datamovil.net.do

Enjoy it

I test “Tigo (Formerly Ola) number@sms.tigo.com.co” and server returns 553 error: Refused.

didn’t work.

For Movistar argentina drop the 15 at the start and replace with area code (11 for buenos aires)
then send to number@sms.movistar.net.ar Not sure if the receiver pays for this or not though

Here’s another one.

Virgin Mobile (Canada) - number@vmobile.ca

How do I send my email address to you?

thanks Aibek,
I live in iran, my country have like this service.

Sumotext provides a “legal” way of doing sms marketing. Its only 79 per month.

Hi! Smth about Russia?

sorry ini test ke - 2. sekarang hari selasa dec 2, jam 9.03 pm. coba bales via email ke papa cantumkan jam kamu terima test 2 ini dan tulis jam kamu kirim balesannya thanks

papa

I’m using a mobile web site http://fonet.mobi to send my SMS messages and its free also.

why not try a service that does it for you like tatango.com and its FREE

How about Telia for Sweden and some parts of Denmark?

I need T Mobile and Vodaphone in the UK, and Movistar in Spain. Please

Cool one …. , My search finally ends here

Great information here, I’m going to keep this page in mind when I need to email ppl’s phones.

Nice site!! very helpful and can be very useful! thumbs up!!

Nice site, very useful tool!! thumbs up!!

how can i send sms mesage to mobile phone from email im from macedonia or FYROM Macedonia waiting for it ………?

hi…………….how are u

With this you can send text messages with your Wii (Nintendo)

how should I send message to vodafone mobile in chennai(india) ?

GMail now has an application allowing you to sent text messages to your contacts,

Please send list of Email addresses.

Thanks,

Chuck

…well I imagine this makes it easy to spam ppl. Who needs to buy a list of cell phone #s when one can just run a number generator on each service. Yay a-holes of marketing…

btw, free boner pills @ bonerpills.mobi asd;lfkj lol.

what about Ethiopia- currently it is Erecsson and it will be replaced by ZTE-a chineas company

Hi Nikhil,
Can you send me the list to franbodx (at) yahoo .com.
Merry Xmas to everybody.
Thanks I appreciate.

Claro from Puerto Rico is missing in the list. You cand send sms via: [10 digits phone number]@vtexto.com

thanx for the info

hey it doesnt work at all dude
oone i send that to 967713307338@sabafon.com i got failure message saying the email is not exist..

this list is old..i need for vodafone in AP-Hyd

T-mobile Uk doesn’t work for me. I get a ‘550 Unknown local part’ error.

I have an 11 digit phone number though. Is that the problem? I tried it without the 0 at the start and it still didn’t work.

I want to know the email address for a particular network? how do you find out? I am looking for the network carriers in Algeria

and he by the way on wikipedia, it is stated that email sms is blocked over the UK…that is why is does not work

The one for Meteor in Ireland doesn’t work as they’ve set up a rule on the server to block these emails and throw up a 550 error.

No luck for me either with t-mobile uk

The original message was received at Sun, 1 Feb 2009 17:01:52 GMT from smtp-out5.blueyonder.co.uk [***.***.***.***]

—– The following addresses had permanent fatal errors —–
(reason: 550 Unknown local part in )

—– Transcript of session follows —– … while talking to grouse3.t-mobile.co.uk.:
>>> DATA
<<< 550 Unknown local part ********90 in 550 5.1.1 … User unknown <<< 503 Valid RCPT TO must precede DATA

doesnt work i tried it

hi.. i would like to know how to send sms frm email for my country malaysia.

thanks

Inland Cellular Telephone phonenumber@inlandlink.com

this company is a good sized one in the northwest . . .

How about Cubacel in Cuba?

nice info check out this SMS website http://www.text-media.net

Please can anyone send me the link for China free SMS, the carrier are, CMCC and China UNICOM..

Thx

thanks man its really helpful

if you are in the USA and have AT&T and are using yournumber@mobile.att.net will no longer work
yournumber@mmode.com is the new format

hope this helps

i just had a question about
TELCEL from Mexico.. thanks
didnt seem to find it

pls. give the link to download the software shown above

you can’t do this free you have to pay for SMS. but you can always buy one of the new toys and it would give you option to send email as sms… the phone will do the work for you look around for some retailers here is good one http://www.selectgsm.com

How many people can you contact? Can I contact all of my employees in my office via text (through outlook)?? (50 people)

How to send email message to mobile phone in Nigeria

How can i send a sms from Fido(Canada) to a Telcel mobile in Mexico? Please help

any getaway or website to send sms to Bangladesh ?

Vodafone India not on list:-(

This knowledge is very useful to quickly get in touch with friends and family. Can i get all the India mobile operator’s email id

Anybody know the info for Vodafone Albania?

Meteor (Ireland) number@sms.mymeteor.ie

doesn’t work because the correect address should be

Meteor (Ireland) number@mms.mymeteor.ie

I use it.

T-Mobile UK didn’t seem to work when I tried it.

Hey Nikhil

Can you upload your list to a file server like 4shared.com / rapidshare.com / or another one that will host it without deleting it… and post the link here for everyone to be able to download it.

Thanks!

Anyone have an email link for Videotron in Canada?

Thanks!
Peace, Blessings and Grace

Anyone knows how I could send SMS to Telekom in Serbia?
Thanks in advance for any info.

plz add id for BSNL Kerala(BSNL INDIA)

All UK providers have block access to this feature….Is there new tips on how to use this service…if not…may be it would be better to shut the whole site down.

so is there any way i can text via e-mail to mobilkom/a1 austria ?thanks

You can use the website worldtexting.com to send text messages for free and get replies online via your account. it is all free check it out most of the carriers mentioned and more are there. enjoy

LOL！I just need it！Thanks！

hi friend
i miss you always do you rembers me
are you forget me?

Does anyone know the email address to use for Telstra Australia??

Thanks Aibek, is there anything for Idea cellular?

Any one for Nigeria pls…

works great if you know the other persons server.

This is nice

Is there anything for Maxis in Malaysia?
I’ve looked around and still haven’t found anything

Thanks for sharing this lovely information and hope u ‘ll make more and more further topics.

Tigo,Claro,digicel,Movistar,Telefonica,Red,(El Salvador)
not on list!!!!!

Does anyone know:
Tigo
Movistar
Claro

in Guatemala

Thank you!