Text to Email and Email to Text
When sending a text message to an email address, all you have to do is open a new Text message and enter the email address in the same place you would normally put a contact's phone number. Type your message and hit send. Easy as that!
To do the opposite is just as simple. If someone sends a text message to your email, you can simply hit reply. Just keep in mind that their phone will only display the first 150 to 160 characters, INCLUDING the subject line.
To initiate the communication from an email address to a cell phone, you just need to know the contact's phone number and which cell phone service provider they use. Each service provider uses a different domain for their text message servers, which is why you need to know the specific provider. See the list below for a few of the most common providers' domains.
Open a new email message. In the TO field enter your contact's full phone number, the @ sign, and then their service provider's domain. Type your subject (keep it short) and your message (also short) and hit send. Voila! Your contact will receive your email just like a regular text message.
Alltel = @message.alltel.com
AT&T = @txt.att.net
Nextel = @messaging.nextel.com
Sprint = @messaging.sprintpcs.com
T-Mobile = @tmomail.net
US Cellular = @uscc.textmsg.com
Verizon = @vtext.com
If you have picture messaging included in your cell phone plan, than you can also send pictures and videos to people's emails. Note that the domain for picture and video messaging is often different than the domain for regular text messaging, but not always. The following list was found online and was listed as the workaround addresses for Picture Messaging (MMS). The only one I have verified personally is the Verizon address.
Alltel = @message.alltel.com
AT&T = @mms.att.net
Boost Mobile = @myboostmobile.com
Nextel = @messaging.nextel.com
Sprint = @messaging.sprintpcs.com or @pm.sprint.com
T-Mobile = @tmomail.net
US Cellular = @mms.uscc.net
Verizon Wireless = @vzwpix.com
When poking around the internet I also happened upon a forum post that said you can send your text/pic message to recipient@teleflip.com and Teleflip will automatically send it to the correct carrier's domain. I am assuming that you include the contact's phone number within the message body. This only works if you are in North America however, and I, myself, have not tested it.
Published by Allana Calhoun
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22 Comments
Post a CommentAllana, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.
wow. I didn't know that. Thanks :)
I didn't know! Thank you.
Not very good with tech stuff, but a great article I learned a lot.
I don't have texting on my plan, but I do send my daughter text messages from my computer. Never tried sending a message by email. Great article.
wow, never knew this! but I also never text either (not covered on my plan), but still great to know and I love learning something new!
Great work!
I do this all the time, very useful. I most often use it to email myself photos I've taken on my phone.
Good informative article. Laura Everly
Good info on another one of those tech mysteries!! :)