How to Send Free SMS Text Through Email
I was recently out of the country and wanted to contact my wife to let her know that I arrived in Brazil in one piece. No problem I thought – I had just planned to send her a quick text as soon as I arrivewd. Well, little did I know that it wouldn’t quite be that easy….
How to Send Free SMS Text Through Email – Background
Upon landing in Brazil, my phone received an automatic text from AT&T telling me that I was out of the country – no duh! The text advised me that I would be charted $19.95 per MB!!!!! Not Gigabyte – $19.95 a MEGABYTE!! WTF?!?
The text also informed me that I could purchase data plans ranging from $20 – $40. Hmm…. there had to be a better way. The airport had free wi-fi, if only there was a way I could get word to my wife without costing me a fortune…
How to Send Free SMS Text Through Email – The Details
OK, I cannot take credit for this because I found out how to do it through Google, but I’m sharing it with you here in case you haven’t seen this tip yet.
You can very simply send an email to your friend of loved one in a special format that will automatically send an SMS text to their cell phone. To send a free SMS text through email, you need to use a SMS gateway. All you need to do it substitute the 10-digit phone number of the person you are trying to text. For example, if my wife’s cellphone # is 312-555-1234 and she was with AT&T, I would need to send an email to: 3125551234@txt.att.net
See this table below for all the different SMS gateways for the different phone providers:
| Carrier | SMS Gateway |
| AT&T | number@txt.att.net |
| T-Mobile | number@tmomail.net |
| Verizon | number@vtext.com |
| Sprint | number@messaging.sprintpcs.com or number@pm.sprint.com |
| Virgin Mobile | number@vmobl.com |
| Straight Talk | number@vtext.com |
| Tracfone | number@mmst5.tracfone.com |
| Metro PCS | number@mymetropcs.com |
| Boost Mobile | number@myboostmobile.com |
| Cricket | number@sms.mycricket.com |
| Nextel | number@messaging.nextel.com |
| Alltel | number@message.alltel.com |
| Ptel | number@ptel.com |
| Suncom | number@tms.suncom.com |
| Qwest | number@qwestmp.com |
| U.S. Cellular | number@email.uscc.net |
How to Send Free SMS Text Through Email – Final Thoughts
That’s all – now if you can find a place with free wi-fi, you can send a text to anyone from any place around the world! I used this feature to text my wife so that she would know to get on Skype and we could do a face-to-face conversation. I hope you found this how to send free SMS texts through email article helpful – what other tips and tricks do you have related to communicating from outside the country?
Very cool! I’m a techy guy and had no idea about this! Thanks for sharing!
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Sure – I thought it was a neat tip as well. Glad to help 🙂