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You can send emails to texts and texts to email addresses, and the process isn’t complicated. Here’s how to do it.
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To send an email as a text, write your email as usual. Then in the "to" field, enter the ten-digit phone number followed by "@" and then the gateway domain of the intended recipient. Finally, hit Send. You can find a list of gateway domains for many mobile providers below.
If you want to send a text message as an email, write your text as usual. Then in the "to" field, enter the email address of the intended recipient. Finally, hit Send.
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Sending an email as a text message is mostly like sending a normal email. Here’s how it works:
The gateway domain is what you’ll put after the phone number and “@” in the “To” field. There are two types of gateway domains. SMS gateways let you send emails as plain text messages, while MMS gateways let you include images and other forms of media.
In the table below, you’ll find a list of major US mobile providers and their respective gateway domains. If you don’t know the gateway domain of a mobile provider, you can look it up on a service like freecarrierlookup.com. Simply enter the phone number you wish to send an email as a text message to, and you’ll get the gateway domain.
Note that if you’re trying to send emails as text messages to a virtual provider like Boost, Cricket Wireless, Republic Wireless, Straight Talk, Ting, or Tracfone, you might have to use the gateway domain of whichever major carrier they rely on to provide service. You can see them in the table below.
It’s even easier to send a text to an email address. Here’s how:
Note that depending on your provider, it may automatically insert a graphic in the signature field or indicate that the message was sent via text.
That depends on the particular mobile plan you have. It’s likely sending and receiving texts via email will cost you the same as other text message charges.
If you exceed the character limit of text messaging, your email may be sent as multiple text messages.
You can look up the gateway domain of a mobile number on a service like freecarrierlookup.com.