Send text messages from your computer

Posted on:  11/10/2016
Send text messages from your computer

Need to send text messages from your computer? It is super easy and it doesn’t matter whether you use Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Outlook, or any email client. All you need is the person’s cell phone and their carrier. You can look up their cell phone carrier from the table I posted from below.

Steps:

  1. Start a new mail message.
  2. Type in the person’s cell phone number and carrier information after the @ symbol.  Example: [email protected] to send to a Verizon phone.
  3. Leave the subject line blank.
  4. Go to the body of the email and type your message. Ideally, your message should be under 160 characters.
  5. Click Send

Note: if someone replies to your text message, it will go to your computer.

Cell phone carriers

In the table below, you will usually use column 2. Column 3 is for sending messages with images attached. One last note: T-Mobile requires a 1 before the phone number.

U.S. Carrier SMS Gateway MMS Gateway
AT&T @txt.att.net @mms.att.net
Verizon @vtext.com @vzwpix.com
Sprint @messaging.sprintpcs.com @pm.sprint.com
Altel @sms.alltelwireless.com @mms.alltelwireless.com
U.S. Cellular @email.uscc.net @mms.uscc.net
Virgin Mobile @vmobl.com @vmpix.com
Boost Mobile @sms.myboostmobile.com @myboostmobile.com
T-Mobile @tmomail.net @tmomail.net

Look up cell phone carrier

Need to look up a cell phone carrier? Just use this website.

Did you know 97% of text messages are opened compared to 27% to 32% of emails? You can see the advantage of sending a text message.

Chris Menard

Chris Menard is a certified Microsoft Trainer (MCT) and works as a full-time Trainer at BakerHostetler - one of the largest law firms in the US. He runs a YouTube channel with 900+ technology videos that cover various tools such as Excel, Word, Zoom, Teams, Gmail, Google Calendar, and Outlook. To date, the channel has helped over 20 million viewers. Menard also does 2 to 3 public speaking events every year, presenting at the Administrative Professional Conference (APC), the EA Ignite Conference, the Support Staff Conference, the University of Georgia, and CPA conferences. You can connect with him on LinkedIn at https://chrismenardtraining.com/linkedin or watch his videos on YouTube at https://chrismenardtraining.com/youtube.

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