Here is how it works: Most of mobile carriers offer free Email To SMS gateways which can be used to forward simple text emails to a mobile phones. And the good news, majority of those gateways are free and available to the general public. You just need to know the number and the carrier of the recipient to start emailing them to mobile phone. Below we put together a table listing free email to SMS gateways for different carriers. You can use as quick reference both for US and international mobile numbers.
If you want me to email you where we are going to be boating on the spring, Fill the Contact Form, on the comments area write your phone number and your carrier. I will not release that phone number to anyone. If you have a carrier not in the list, I won't be able to figure out. Call your carrier and ask them for free emails to your phone.
ed
Free Email To SMS Gateways (Major US Carriers)
| Carrier | Email to SMS Gateway |
| Alltel | [10-digit phone number]@message.alltel.com Example: 1234567890@message.alltel.com |
| AT&T (formerly Cingular) | [10-digit phone number]@txt.att.net [10-digit phone number]@mms.att.net (MMS) [10-digit phone number]@cingularme.com Example: 1234567890@txt.att.net |
| Boost Mobile | [10-digit phone number]@myboostmobile.com Example: 1234567890@myboostmobile.com |
| Nextel (now Sprint Nextel) | [10-digit telephone number]@messaging.nextel.com Example: 1234567890@messaging.nextel.com |
| Sprint PCS (now Sprint Nextel) | [10-digit phone number]@messaging.sprintpcs.com [10-digit phone number]@pm.sprint.com (MMS) Example: 1234567890@messaging.sprintpcs.com |
| T-Mobile | [10-digit phone number]@tmomail.net Example: 1234567890@tmomail.net |
| US Cellular | [10-digit phone number]email.uscc.net (SMS) [10-digit phone number]@mms.uscc.net (MMS) Example: 1234567890@email.uscc.net |
| Verizon | [10-digit phone number]@vtext.com [10-digit phone number]@vzwpix.com (MMS) Example: 1234567890@vtext.com |
| Virgin Mobile USA | [10-digit phone number]@vmobl.com Example: 1234567890@vmobl.com |
data from Wikipedia.org