Steve Krause Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 This Forum Topic is to be for Comments and Questions for the groovyPost Article: Quickly Send Text Messages for Free Using E-Mail Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Animis Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 I just wanted to point out that I use this all the time now, it's really helpful if I lose my phone too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockersh Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 oh yeah dude! That's how I send txt's now anytime I'm at my computer! I setup contact in my gmail account specifically by their mobile #. works sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kin Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Woah. *Great* post. But i wanted to make sure sending texts via email/pc wasn't different than sending from phone in the sense of the receiver being charged. Is it just like a regular text, and if they have [specifically in this case Verizon] unlimited texting will they be ok? Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kin Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Haha. calling verizon support in fact was a good idea. They say that it's just a text, so it's ok. [Hopefully no one here points out that they were misinforming] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Krause Posted March 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 Woah. *Great* post. But i wanted to make sure sending texts via email/pc wasn't different than sending from phone in the sense of the receiver being charged. Is it just like a regular text, and if they have [specifically in this case Verizon] unlimited texting will they be ok? Thanks!! Good question! You answered the question by calling Verizon but yes, this is NO different than a normal TXT message for the person receiving the txt. The person "SENDING" the txt is not charged anything (of course... email is free). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ma_Tilda Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Thanks for the extensive telco listing. Can you tell me the address for Australia's leading mobile provider, Telstra? Cheers Ma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Krause Posted April 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 No Sorry... Here are a few links that are updated from time to time that I found: * http://www.tech-faq.com/send-text-messages-free.shtml * http://www.mutube.com/projects/open-ema ... eway-list/ * http://www.notepage.net/smtp.htm Honestly you should just call your carrier and have them give you the phone # of your mobile phone. Every carrier I've ever heard of has emails assigned to your numbers so it should be available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest izymoney Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 PLEASE I NEED HELP ON THE EMAIL TO SMS FORMAT..I TRIED SENDING THE MAIL TO SOME FRIENDS IN AMERICA THAT USE VERZION BUT IT DIDNT WORK..PLEASE HOW SHOULD I SEND IT..THANKS ALOT.PLS SOMEONE OUT THERE ASSIST ME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 Hey izymoney, with Verizon it's easy! In your "To:" or "recipient" line of your e-mail. use number@vtext.com For example: My friend has a Verizon number of 593-352-4458. So I send my e-mail message to 5933524458@vtext.com Just be sure your message isn't over 160 characters or he may not receive it or all of it. A character is a letter, number, symbol, space, or line break. Let me know if you have any further problems! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest izymoney Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Hey izymoney, with Verizon it's easy! In your "To:" or "recipient" line of your e-mail. use number@vtext.com For example: My friend has a Verizon number of 593-352-4458. So I send my e-mail message to 5933524458@vtext.com Just be sure your message isn't over 160 characters or he may not receive it or all of it. A character is a letter, number, symbol, space, or line break. Let me know if you have any further problems! HEY THANKS SO MUCH..YOU DONT KNOW HOW MUCH I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS YOUR RESPONSE..I THOUGHT NO ONE WOULD RESPONSE.THANKS ALOT..PLEASE I STILL HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I SEND TO MY FRIENDS FONE THAT USE VERIZON NUMBER IN U.S.ABUT IT DIDNT GO THROUGH.SO I WAS BEGININ TO THINK,IS IT ONLY THOSE THAT HAVE ACTIVATED THEIR VERIZON SIM TO RECEIVE EMAIL TO SMS THAT CAN RECEIVE EMAILS WHEN SENT THROUGH THEIR NUMBER..PLEASE LET ME KNOW. DO YOU KNOW IF I CAN EMAIL TO SMS ANY VERIZON FONE NUMBER WITHOUT THE PERSON ACTIVATIN HIS ACC OR SOMETIN LIKE THAT..BECAUSE I DONT KNOW WHY MY FRIENDS DIDNT RECEIVE MY EMAIL TO SMS WHICH I SENT WITH THEIR FONE NUMBERS..AND PLS DO YOU KNOW ANY OTHER CARRIER THAT ACCEPT EMAIL TO SMS..I WILL BE GLAD TO RECEIVE YOUR EMAIL ADVISE ONCE MORE.THANK YOU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Krause Posted May 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 Hey izymoney, with Verizon it's easy! In your "To:" or "recipient" line of your e-mail. use number@vtext.com For example: My friend has a Verizon number of 593-352-4458. So I send my e-mail message to 5933524458@vtext.com Just be sure your message isn't over 160 characters or he may not receive it or all of it. A character is a letter, number, symbol, space, or line break. Let me know if you have any further problems! HEY THANKS SO MUCH..YOU DONT KNOW HOW MUCH I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS YOUR RESPONSE..I THOUGHT NO ONE WOULD RESPONSE.THANKS ALOT..PLEASE I STILL HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I SEND TO MY FRIENDS FONE THAT USE VERIZON NUMBER IN U.S.ABUT IT DIDNT GO THROUGH.SO I WAS BEGININ TO THINK,IS IT ONLY THOSE THAT HAVE ACTIVATED THEIR VERIZON SIM TO RECEIVE EMAIL TO SMS THAT CAN RECEIVE EMAILS WHEN SENT THROUGH THEIR NUMBER..PLEASE LET ME KNOW. DO YOU KNOW IF I CAN EMAIL TO SMS ANY VERIZON FONE NUMBER WITHOUT THE PERSON ACTIVATIN HIS ACC OR SOMETIN LIKE THAT..BECAUSE I DONT KNOW WHY MY FRIENDS DIDNT RECEIVE MY EMAIL TO SMS WHICH I SENT WITH THEIR FONE NUMBERS..AND PLS DO YOU KNOW ANY OTHER CARRIER THAT ACCEPT EMAIL TO SMS..I WILL BE GLAD TO RECEIVE YOUR EMAIL ADVISE ONCE MORE.THANK YOU No problem! Hopefully we can help! Where are you sending your email FROM? Personal email? GMAIL? Hotmail? Etc..?? I'm thinking perhaps your email is not getting sent or blocked? If it "really" is verizon, the phone#@vtext.com should work 100%. You really should confirm with your friend that their email address REALLY is for Verizon and not some other carrier. Call them or txt them to confirm that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest izymoney Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 Yes i confirmed that before sending the massage..Maybe is from my email because i was using yahoo to send it..From thailand..Do you think that could be the cause ? or maybe from my server ?Please more assistance needed Thanks for your time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockersh Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 Yes i confirmed that before sending the massage..Maybe is from my email because i was using yahoo to send it..From thailand..Do you think that could be the cause ? or maybe from my server ?Please more assistance needed Thanks for your time just for the sake of "process of elimination" setup a gmail account and try to send it from there. setup a gmail.com account if you can as well so that way the email is coming from the US to a US phone. Who knows if your country blocks certain types of emails etc...??? Also, do you have another person you can send a txt message to for testing? I don't have a verizon phone or i would let you send to me. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest izymoney Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Thank so much for your support..I wish you have that would have been the best way to confirm it..But i will open the Gmail account and try it from there..Do i need to put any subject..?God will bless you for me for the unpaid assistance..One love..i REALLY NEED THIS TO WORK OUT FOR ME.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexmvp Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Nothing special is needed in the subject line. just dont go over total of 160 characters. keep the email short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest izymoney Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Thank i know notin speciall is need..I just need to know if the massage on the subjected is counted among the 160 characters.If you could pls give me an example of how you send yours will be greatful.Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockersh Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Thank i know notin speciall is need..I just need to know if the massage on the subjected is counted among the 160 characters.If you could pls give me an example of how you send yours will be greatful.Thank you Yes. The subject line is counted against the 160 characters. honestly I don't even use the subject line. I just leave it blank. You should also not add any attachments. Example of what I do: to: 5555551212@vtext.com subject: Body: Hello how are you doing! I really love shockersh! hope that helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest izymoney Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 Thanks for your quick response..I hope am not being a pain in the ass becox of my many question...Can you please tell me if the TEXT example of the email to sms you gave me is upto 160 characters..I will try it again once i hear from you and let you know how it works.I just need to know the lenght and space of how small the 160 character text masge will look like.Yours is fine but i dont think is upto 160 characters.Thanks alot for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockersh Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 it's all good man! The example above was like 35 characters. you don't actually put to: or subject: I just put that in there for you to see how you address it etc... here is an example of a text message I just sent with my gmail account. the # is different just to protect my girl friends phone #. [attachment=0]txt message.png[/attachment] Snaggit for the win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest izymoney Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 Thanks alot for your unending help and yet you dont seem to be bored with my many questions..God bless you more..One last question..If i put many of my friends sender id which will be their fone number in the bcc do you think it will go and if they can receive the sms separately.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Krause Posted May 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 No problem! The way it works is each person you put in to: CC: or BCC: should get a copy of the text. At work for instance our NOC uses this method to mass txt those needed during a system outage. It works quite well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest izymoney Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Thanks alot for your time and generous advise..i will make out time and try it..i will let you know how it works out when i do..am really greatful for this help..guess it will help me alot too if it works.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Krause Posted June 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 anytime! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest izymoney Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 Hi there i have tried the verizon mobile and it has worked out for me..Thank alot..Please i just wanted to know if you know any other network around the world that can receive and accept sms msg through this gatways..Your urgent response will be highly appreciated.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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