SMS through E-Mail: US Cellular, SunCom, Powertel, ATT, Metro PCS and Alltel
Posted by David Kirk in Internet
If you know the correct email address, sending SMS through email is simple. Here is an update to our previous popular post on emailing via SMS.
We have previously described how to SMS through email with cingular, nextel, sprint, tmobile, verizon, and virgin mobile.
Since that original post, many people have emailed us with updates to our email to SMS list.
where phonenumber = your 10 digit phone number
US Cellular: phonenumber@email.uscc.net
SunCom: phonenumber@tms.suncom.com
Powertel: phonenumber@ptel.net
AT&T: phonenumber@txt.att.net
AT&T MMS: phonenumber@MMS.att.net
(Thanks, LAB!)
Alltel: phonenumber@message.alltel.com
Metro PCS: phonenumber@MyMetroPcs.com
(thanks, Glen!)
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October 12, 2008 at 9:05 pm, Andrea said:
I’m a Sprint customer and I have the HTC Mogul and the “@messaging.sprintpcs.com” doesn’t work for my phone. I have to us”@pm.sprint.com.” So you may want to add this as well. I found this info. very helpful
October 12, 2008 at 11:59 pm, davak said:
Cool. Thanks for the update!
February 18, 2009 at 8:32 am, mukaram said:
i agree with there views
June 14, 2009 at 9:21 am, Metro PCS said:
thanks alot, i have been searching for the metro pcs sms email for a while!
June 19, 2009 at 9:39 pm, tracfone said:
i wasnt able to get it to work with my phone…
May 12, 2011 at 4:58 pm, Da_southern_boyz said:
me either
September 10, 2010 at 7:35 pm, Cjav2528 said:
What about sending a picture from your cell phone to an email address.
August 25, 2010 at 9:16 am, Angelbaby31809 said:
pm.sprint.com is for picture mail, and messaging.sprintpcs.com is for text messages usually
August 29, 2012 at 8:29 pm, Frankly said:
> The easy way to determine what address to use is to do the opposite and text from your phone to email.
Just put the email address in the To: on your phone.
I experimentally just tried this and it works like a charm.
October 16, 2008 at 3:45 pm, Genna said:
Verizon: phonenumber@vtext.com
October 17, 2008 at 8:40 am, Nitemare said:
Rogers in Canada is Phonenumber@pcs.rogers.com
October 20, 2008 at 3:21 pm, omar said:
on the alltel the person that i want to send a pic. can’t get it. what shoud i do
October 31, 2008 at 4:26 pm, Karli said:
We are using the SMS system as an all call system for an emergency response group we have at work. Does anyone know Cincinnati Bells SMS or if you have a Trac-Fone? Thanks for your help in advance!!
January 15, 2011 at 12:20 am, Maurice Taylor III said:
Tracfone is the same as at&t:
SMS: (10 digit ph. no.)@txt.att.net
MMS: (10 digit ph. no.)@mms.att.net for picture messages.
November 28, 2008 at 4:38 am, Gavin Roskamp said:
Also for US Cellular, if you want to send audio files in .mp3 format, picture files in .jpg format, and video files in .3gp format (From what I know it automatically converts videos to that format, I have only tried using .mpeg though. I will report back with more results soon if you want), send the message to phonenumber@mms.uscc.net. Hope this helps!
November 28, 2012 at 4:26 pm, lorie said:
Thanks to this site i was able to send an email to my Virgin Mobile Android cell
But could not send a picture . Is there a different one for sending pictures??
November 30, 2008 at 10:00 am, babygirl said:
hey in Hawaii, they have this carrier called Mobi.
y0u guysz sh0uld add it, because plenty pe0ple
have it d0wn here.
itsz – @mobipcs.net
[:
December 17, 2008 at 12:54 pm, cherry424 said:
helpful thanks!!
December 24, 2008 at 2:49 am, Sofia said:
What about for a sprint fone?
December 25, 2008 at 4:30 am, Jason said:
does this cost money?
September 07, 2009 at 2:12 am, Name said:
standard charges apply
January 18, 2009 at 3:55 pm, SHY said:
WHAT ABOUT BOOST MOBILE
September 07, 2009 at 2:11 am, Name said:
phonenumber@myboostmobile.com
January 25, 2009 at 9:10 pm, kalei said:
What about Mobi Pcs …?? i have searched everywhere!!
February 25, 2009 at 3:41 am, zach said:
@mobipcs.net
January 17, 2011 at 1:42 am, Emailfulcrum said:
Hi Zach, have you been able to send emails to @mobipcs.net ? I am on the mainland, will that make a difference?
January 17, 2011 at 1:43 am, Emailfulcrum said:
Hi Kalei, where you able to send an email to the Mobi PCS phone with the address @mobipcs.net
February 25, 2009 at 3:42 am, zach said:
verizon pictures and music files send to
@vzwpix.com
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March 17, 2009 at 2:50 am, Wyatt said:
can you post one for motorola??
October 15, 2009 at 12:40 pm, Name said:
No
March 25, 2009 at 4:08 pm, fb said:
f b mannnn
March 29, 2009 at 11:56 am, metro pcs said:
thanks for the metropcs tip
great post
March 31, 2009 at 12:29 pm, jason said:
i have 2 charges on my cell phone bill i did not make. 1 is to funmobile and the other to top logo ringtone
April 03, 2009 at 4:34 am, Cheryl said:
This is a great site. It’s about time someone posted this info for people. Cell phone co’s don’t tell you this, I know I used to work for one and they didn’t even tell us, lol. prob because they loose out on the updates they charge for. I have Centennial Wireless and their number is xxxxxxxxxx@cwemail.com
So those of us that have a carrier that is local usually luck out when the dropdown lists at sites want you to click on your carrier. I use yahoo alerts by setting my cell phone email as a pager.
you can also send pics (mms) (see Gavin’s post below)from online to your cell @myblue.com for Centennial.
I have unlimited sms so there is no charge for any of the email stuff but my carrier does charge for MMS so you will want to know that before you go crazy downloading screensavers
April 13, 2009 at 1:38 pm, kacey said:
i have used alot of there stuff and it has worked really well i love it for my blackberry.love kc lee gillispie
April 28, 2009 at 7:11 pm, jon said:
what about cricket????????
June 02, 2009 at 4:40 pm, Yak said:
Cricket: phonenumber@sms.mycricket.com
June 02, 2009 at 11:55 pm, Blaine said:
Hey can someone please help me find the sms for Movilnet?
June 22, 2009 at 8:46 am, Rickco said:
anybody know cellular south email
July 02, 2009 at 5:00 pm, Kevin said:
tMobile does not work…been with tobile for over 7 years…stopped working about 2 years ago…used to be awesome to be able to send server monitor alerts to phone…but no more
September 07, 2009 at 2:14 am, Name said:
t mobile does work just sumtimes its hard to reply bt rarely does tht happen
July 08, 2009 at 1:47 am, Ibex said:
What about sending pix from email to a cingular user’s phone?
July 19, 2009 at 7:43 am, Anonymous said:
well it’s really nice to send sms through email, how about mms?
August 03, 2009 at 10:41 pm, Anonymous said:
How reliable is this service? Does the message *always* get through? Dropped often? Does it depend on the carrier?
I’d LOVE to see a study done on the reliability, speed, and other variables for each carrier.
THANKS!
August 22, 2009 at 11:30 pm, Anonymous said:
does anyone know the sms for cricket phones
September 07, 2009 at 2:09 am, Name said:
thers also tmomail.net for t-mobile
nd myboostmobile.com for boostmobile
October 07, 2009 at 4:50 pm, MysticRains said:
Compiled from this tread………
where phonenumber = your 10 digit phone number
1. Alltel: phonenumber@message.alltel.com
2. AT&T: phonenumber@txt.att.net
3. Boost Mobile: phonenumber@myboostmobile.com
4. Centennial Wireless: phonenumber @cwemail.com
5. Centennial Wireless (Picture): phonenumber@myblue.com
6. Cingular: phonenumber@cingularme.com
7. Cricket: phonenumber@sms.mycricket.com
8. Metro PCS: phonenumber@MyMetroPcs.com
9. Mobi: Itsz (Hawaii): phonenumber@mobipcs.net
10. Mobi Itsz (Picture): phonenumber@mobipcs.net
11. Nextel: phonenumber@messaging.nextel.com
12. Powertel: phonenumber@ptel.net
13. Rogers (Canada): phonenumber@pcs.rogers.com
14. Sprint: phonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com
15. Sprint (HTC Mogul): phonenumber@pm.sprint.com
16. SunCom: phonenumber@tms.suncom.com
17. T-Mobile: phonenumber@tmomail.net
18. 1 T-Mobile: phonenumber@tmomail.net
19. US Cellular: phonenumber@email.uscc.net
20. US Cellular (Audio, mp3, picture jpg, and video 3gp): phonenumber@mms.uscc.net
21. Verizon: phonenumber@vtext.com
22. Verizon (Pictures and Music): phonenumber@vzwpix.com
23. Virgin Mobile: phonenumber@vmobl.com
October 13, 2009 at 9:45 pm, Anonymous said:
does att have one for sending pictures?
October 27, 2009 at 4:01 am, Anonymous said:
At&T Media: phonenumber@mms.att.net
May 10, 2010 at 2:43 pm, Anonymous said:
Thanks for the compiled list,.. saved me a ton of time.
August 08, 2012 at 11:57 am, Srinivas g said:
please help how to forward mails to Airtel network in india
October 28, 2009 at 3:32 pm, Tenna said:
Southern Linc = @page.southernlinc.com
October 28, 2009 at 3:39 pm, Tenna said:
Pardon me, but I failed to include the obvious. So in case anyone couldn’t figure it out: Southern Linc = phonenumber@page.southernlinc.com
November 03, 2009 at 5:37 pm, Sean Shields said:
Love the feature. Does anyone know if it is possible to edit the ‘from’ number as it appears to the recipient so it reflects the sender rather than a generic phone number?
May 15, 2010 at 4:51 am, Desk Jockey Mike said:
When messages are sent from e-mail accounts (which is what the article is about), my phone shows the e-mail addresses they are sent from.
Messages from Yahoo Messenger (maybe other IM/chat apps) show a generic phone number, and I don’t know any way to change the phone number messages are sent from, other than creating an entry in the contacts stored in the phone. Of course would only work if the Internet service always sent messages from the same one or more numbers.
November 08, 2009 at 3:24 pm, Anonymous said:
Yall need boost mobile!
November 10, 2009 at 8:57 pm, Anonymous said:
This is great information. Does anyone know the addressing scheme for a phone provided by Tracfone?
July 18, 2012 at 3:37 am, marne` said:
TracFone text from email is : SMS- phonenumber@txt.att.net MMS-phonenumber@mms.att.net
(same as AT&T)
December 05, 2009 at 1:47 am, Joshua said:
Thanks!!
December 09, 2009 at 2:22 pm, Anonymous said:
does the AT&T one work with the new iPhone 3GS?
December 11, 2009 at 3:48 am, Navarr Barnier said:
Should, yes of course.
December 11, 2009 at 3:49 am, Navarr Barnier said:
The easiest way to figure out the email of a phone, is to have someone who has a phone on that carrier text your email address =p
It’s both ways, of course.
February 01, 2010 at 3:02 pm, Anonymous said:
Is there any service available for redirect sms to email-id.
March 17, 2010 at 1:58 pm, berta said:
Can a chilean person receive messages to his or her mobile about the earthquakes?
April 11, 2010 at 3:03 pm, tina said:
is there one for pocket phones..i searched everywhere
April 12, 2010 at 2:25 am, Anonymous said:
i’ve been looking for the pcs e-mail as well.
thanks a lot!
April 21, 2010 at 12:45 am, David Boerschlein said:
Do you know what the correct email address for xl.co.id is?
April 29, 2010 at 5:35 am, Anonymous said:
Do you know how i can recieve an email, to my phone, AS a text message?? i have at&t
October 11, 2010 at 7:19 pm, 770 Cell said:
Receiving e-mail as an SMS message is something you do via your e-mail system. Set up your e-mail to forward all or select e-mail to your cell address (#########@txt.att.net). I’ve also established a unique GMAIL address that forwards everything to my AT&T cell – in case I ever get a new cell # or carrier. If you get a lot of e-mail with attachments or very wordy e-mails you might want to watch your bill for extra charges. Good luck.
June 27, 2010 at 11:43 pm, Tashakekauoha said:
hi I am a mobi customer how would I be able to send a picture from my computer to my cell phone
July 04, 2010 at 4:27 am, Ashie said:
What about Open Mobile?
July 31, 2010 at 1:27 am, Martinezdesigns said:
August 02, 2010 at 10:07 pm, Jackiebaby88 said:
do you have one for cricket?? ive searched and found phonenumber@mms.mycricket.com but not positive it works.. any help?
August 29, 2012 at 8:32 pm, Frankly said:
Text your email address from your phone by putting your email address in the To:
And see what it says under the from on your email.
August 05, 2010 at 3:05 pm, Martinpious said:
hi is this treated as incoming text or incoming email? i have unlimited text so i dont get charged if this comes as incming text message.
August 17, 2010 at 3:19 pm, chiane365 said:
wat bout tracfone and safelink
August 18, 2010 at 3:12 am, Anonymous said:
I was looking for this. Thanks so much!
August 29, 2010 at 8:22 pm, Crazyniggajp said:
what about page plus?
September 12, 2010 at 9:13 pm, Xica4u said:
here is one for cricket users 7731234567@sms.mycricket.com update.
September 24, 2010 at 1:57 am, Veronica525139642 said:
Does anyone know the sms address to use for sending text & media from PC to Phone & Vice Versa for a Simple Mobile Phone?
October 23, 2010 at 7:29 pm, Queenbee845 said:
thks yall for the info life savers
October 26, 2010 at 9:43 pm, Outworld420 said:
page plus younumber@vtext.com
November 02, 2010 at 6:04 pm, Goodguy56469 said:
does anyone know the correct address for LCW Wireless
November 30, 2010 at 4:49 pm, Steve Ferrell said:
To get ANY address, simply set yourself up as a contact, add your home email address to your contact and send yourself a text to your email address. When it arrives at the destination, you will see the proper address for your carrier.
January 17, 2011 at 1:41 am, Emailfulcrum said:
Hi does the the email to phone for the Hawaii carrier Mobi PCS really work? Has anyone tried it from the states?
January 24, 2011 at 1:25 am, Samer said:
What about StraightTalk?
April 06, 2011 at 4:29 pm, Teresita said:
does anyone know the code for New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC – GA?
May 16, 2011 at 3:29 pm, Ashely Johnston0827 said:
what about straight talk
May 16, 2011 at 3:31 pm, Ashely Johnston0827 said:
if anybody knows straight talk email it to me @ ashely.johnston0827@gmail.com thanks:)
June 02, 2011 at 7:22 pm, Ieroluver72 said:
Wat about cricket???
August 19, 2011 at 11:24 pm, Archangelx00 said:
The AT&T media one works, but not the txt one. Has there been a change?
December 13, 2011 at 7:49 pm, rita said:
i tried the tmobile one and at&t and it didnt work…neither did both sprint pcs ??? ughhhh help
March 14, 2012 at 11:39 am, lesserofanon said:
Can somebody post the SMS for simple moble please and thank you much
May 11, 2012 at 11:18 pm, sunflower said:
I have Mobi and none of the text on line services cover that service, which I find amusing because 3 of them had ads for Mobi on their website. How can you text on-line to a Mobi phone?
July 03, 2012 at 10:17 pm, Tim said:
I really need this to work and for some reason it is not on my US cellular phone. My plan allows me to receive text for free but I have to pay to send out any, wouild this be why this is not functioning?
August 08, 2012 at 11:55 am, Srinivas g said:
can any one please help here how to forward mails to Airtel network in india
September 11, 2012 at 1:42 pm, Dhanush said:
I have a question – please answer if you guys have an idea – i am trying to build an application to send SMS, but unfortunately, i have the phone numbers but do not know their respective carriers. Is there any possibility of identifying the telephone carriers based on the mobile numbers so that i could concatenate the mobile number with the corresponding email ID and send it as an SMS.. pl help.
September 19, 2012 at 8:37 pm, kiko said:
does anyone have simple mobile???
November 27, 2012 at 4:50 am, myk said:
what about for Globe users?
February 06, 2013 at 1:18 am, Mike said:
Is there a way to find out that email adress for Mobi PCS? It’s a Hawaii cell phone service provider. Much thanks!
March 16, 2013 at 9:30 pm, Tiffany said:
Does anyone know the sms address for LCW wireless?