How to Send Email to a Cell Phone

There are many people who have a misconception of sending an email to cell phones. They think that for the receiver to get the email, he necessarily needs to have Internet access on his mobile phone. However, the truth is that emails can certainly be sent to a cell phone that does not have Internet connection.

Sending an Email to a Cell Phone

You would obviously the recipient's number and most importantly the service provider. You need to remember that the email that you would send would not be received in the email format. The message will be received in a text or an SMS format. If the receiver wants to view the message in the email format in which it is actually sent, he would require Internet access on his mobile phone. You also need to remember that if the message is too long than is permitted in a single message,it would be broken down into separate SMSs and then be received by the user.

Nowadays, a majority of service providers offer the services of letting a cell phone receive emails, but in a text format. This service is made available with the help of email to SMS gateways which do the job of receiving emails and sending them to the recipients in the form of text messages.

To find out the service provider of the number which you want to send the email to, you may need to use the Internet. You need to use a site where you can find the details of any phone number. The results would also include the name of the recipient's service provider. After you come to know which service provider the recipient's number belongs to, you can find the appropriate email address of the service provider.

Typically, the address of the gateway differs from company to company. The format of the receiver's email would be his phone number, followed by '@', service provider's extension, and domain name. For example, in the case of Verizon Wireless, the address would be something like 1112223344@vtext.com. An important point that is not to be missed is checking the domain name. Some addresses can have domain names as .com or .net, and others may have an extension followed by these conventional domains. With service providers like AT&T, you can also send an MMS to the recipient. However, the receiver's mobile phone is required to have the MMS facility. Following are email to SMS gateway addresses of some of the most common service providers in the US.

AT&T:                          (phone number)@mobile.att.net
T-Mobile:                    (phone number)@tmomail.net
Nextel:                       (phone number)@messaging.nextel.com
Sprint:                        (phone number)@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Cingular:                    (phone number)@mycingular.com
Verizon Wireless:      (phone number)@vtext.com

This was some information on how to email a cell phone. If you are thinking about the charges for receiving an email, they may vary as per the service provider's policies. Those wondering how to email a cell phone need to simply remember that you should have the service provider and the appropriate email address to get the email through to the receiver's cell phone.