- You'll need to know the recipient's number, carrier, and carrier gateway address to send texts from email.
- Sending texts through emails may accrue fees with your or your recipient's carrier.
- Texts sent from email usually take about 30 seconds to receive.
Get the recipient's carrier. Each carrier (Verizon, AT&T, etc) has a specific email gateway that you will have to go through in order to email a text message. If you don't know the person's carrier off the top of your head, you can enter their 10 digit phone number into a carrier lookup system such as CarrierLookup or FoneFinder. Some cell phones cannot receive MMSs, even when sent from email. If you are using the correct gateway and still have having trouble getting a message through, it's possible that the phone you're trying to contact does not accept MMS messages.
Enter the phone number in the "To" field of your email. Be sure to enter the full 10-digit number, followed by the specific carrier gateway address. Here is a list of some of the most common carrier gateways: AT&T: [email protected] for a normal text message (SMS), or [email protected] for a multimedia message (MMS) Verizon: [email protected] for both SMS and MMS messages Sprint PCS: [email protected] for both SMS and MMS messages T-Mobile: [email protected] for both SMS and MMS messages Virgin Mobile: [email protected] for both SMS and MMS messages These gateways change periodically and are not always published for non-subscribers. If you don't know the phone number's carrier, you'll need to ask the recipient or use a carrier look-up service.
Enter your text in the body of the email. Although you can technically include a subject, doing so will take away from the body of your text, as most text messages have a 160-character limit. Texts that exceed the character limit will be broken up into multiple messages. While your emails will be free, the recipient will be charged per message (unless they have unlimited texting). Images and videos will automatically be sent as an MMS message.
Send your text. Click on the send button as you normally would for sending an email. The recipient should receive the text in about 30 seconds and will see it on their phone as a normal text conversation. They will be able to respond to you as they would to any other text. The recipient will be able to see the email address you used to send the message. You can find your text again in your email's Sent folder. Depending on your service, Wi-Fi, or carrier, your text may take longer than 30 seconds to send.
Open their response. When you receive a reply, it will be sent to the account from which you originally emailed the text. However, unlike a normal text or email message, it will be received as a text file attached to a blank message. Click to open the attachment, or save it to your desktop and open it with a text reader or word processor. If you need to block a sender on email, click their contact information. This will bring up more options. Click Block or Block this caller to block the sender.
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