Free SMS for everyone

Want to send text messages as easily and as freely as you send emails? Done. All you need is the mobile number of the person you're trying to reach and knowledge of their cellular service provider.

Let's say, for example, you're friend's mobile number is 444-555-6666 and he/she uses Verizon Wireless. Simply send an email to 4445556666@vtext.com and that email gets sent to his/her cell phone as an SMS text message. How awesome is that?

As you can see in the example, don't use dashes or parenthesis, and follow it up with the appropriate email domain and viola ... free SMS!

The domains:
Verizon-- @vtext.com
T-Mobile-- @tmomail.net
Nextel-- @messaging.nextel.com
Sprint-- @messaging.sprintpcs.com
ATT-- @txt.att.net
Alltel-- @message.alltel.com
U.S. Cellular-- @email.uscc.net
Bell Mobility-- @txt.bellmobility.com
Telus-- @msg.telus.com
Rogers-- @pcs.rogers.com

Another cool feature: Some users can reply to the SMS from their phone, and the reply ends up as an email back in the original senders email inbox. (I use AT&T and it works for me)

Don't know their cellular service provider? Teleflip will probably work as long as they haven't switched carriers too recently. That's right, 4445556666@teleflip.com will probably do the trick.

Disclaimer: I was only able to test AT&T and Verizon. Please let me know in the comments if the others still work. And if your provider isn't in the list, check http://www.notepage.net/smtp.htm.

Now you know,
Garrett Woodroof