How to Email to a Cell Phone

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This wikiHow teaches you how to send an email from your computer as a text message to a phone number. You can do this by entering your recipient's phone number and their carrier's email code in the "To" text field of your email service and then typing in a message. Keep in mind that most carriers only support email texts of 160 characters or fewer, and most carriers don't support image texts.

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    Go to https://email2sms.info/ in your computer's web browser. You'll use this site to determine the carrier email code to use at the end of the recipient's email address.
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    You'll find this near the top of the page.
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    It's on the left side of the "Search the list" section.
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    Scroll down until you find your country's name, then click the name to select it.
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    It's to the right of the "Country" text box.
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    Type in the name of your recipient's carrier.
    • For example, if your recipient uses a Sprint phone, you'd type in sprint here.
    • There's no need to capitalize the carrier's name, but you do need to use punctuation and proper spelling (e.g., type in t-mobile instead of tmobile ).
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    The address in the "number@address" section is the address you'll need to use when entering your recipient's address.
    • You may have to scroll down to see the "Gateway" result.
    • In some cases, you'll see several different options which pertain to subcategories of a carrier. These options will usually all have the same address.
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Sending the Message

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    You can send email messages to cell phones using most email apps or sites, like Outlook, Gmail, or Yahoo.
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    Click the Compose , New , or ＋ icon to do so. A new message window or page should pop up. [1]
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    Type their mobile phone number without the country code or any punctuation followed by the carrier's mobile email domain. [2]
    • For example, to email the U.S. number (123) 456-7890 using Verizon, you would address the message to 1234567890@vtext.com . [3]
    • You can add a subject in the "Subject" line, but doing so is unnecessary, and may not be supported by your recipient's carrier.
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    In the main text area of the message window, type in the text message that you want to send. [4]
    • Remember, this must be at or below 160 characters in length.
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    Click the Send or
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    icon to do so. Your recipient should receive your email message after a few moments in their messaging app. [5]
    • If you send more than 160 characters at once, some carriers will deliver the message as two or more separate messages, while other carriers simply won't deliver any text after the 160th character.
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      1. ↑ https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9259846?hl=en
      2. ↑ < https://www.techrepublic.com/article/use-outlook-to-send-e-mail-to-a-cell-phone/
      3. ↑ https://email2sms.info/ ?
      4. ↑ https://desitsupport4u.des.wa.gov/hc/en-us/articles/360007808093-Send-a-Message-to-a-Cellphone-from-Outlook
      5. ↑ https://desitsupport4u.des.wa.gov/hc/en-us/articles/360007808093-Send-a-Message-to-a-Cellphone-from-Outlook

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      1. Find the phone's carrier's domain at https://email2sms.info/ .
      3. Open your email app or website.
      4. Compose a new message.
      5. Type the phone number followed by the carrier's domain into the "To" text field.
      6. Write and send a message under 160 characters in length.

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