SMS Gateways

SMS Gateways

Most carriers have "SMS gateways" which take email messages from the Internet and deliver them to their customers' cell phones as SMS text messages. The trick is that you need to know what carrier the recipient's phone is on. It's not enough to know their phone number.

That's why, the carrier determines what email address of the receiving phone is going to be. For example, Cingular phones' address are all "number@cingularme.com" while Verizon phones are "number@vtext.com."

All you need to do is find your carrier in the list below, and then use the pattern shown there to figure out your email address. If you want to send email to a friend's phone, just ask them which carrier he uses.

Alltel
[10-digit phone number]@message.alltel.com
Example: 2125552555@message.alltel.com

AT&T Wireless (now part of Cingular)
[10-digit phone number]@mmode.com
Example: 2125552555@mmode.com

Boost Mobile
[10-digit phone number]@myboostmobile.com
Example: 2125552555@myboostmobile.com

Cingular
[10-digit phone number]@mobile.mycingular.com OR
[10-digit number]@cingularme.com
Example: 4152555555@cingularme.com

Nextel (now part of Sprint Nextel)
[10-digit telephone number]@messaging.nextel.com
Example: 7035552555@messaging.nextel.com

Sprint PCS (now Sprint Nextel)
[10-digit phone number]@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Example: 2125552555@messaging.sprintpcs.com

T-Mobile
[10-digit phone number]@tmomail.net
Example: 4252555555@tmomail.net

Verizon
[10-digit phone number]@vtext.com
Example: 555255555@vtext.com

Virgin Mobile USA
[10-digit phone number]@vmobl.com
Example: 5552555555@vmobl.com