Email to SMS

About Email to SMS

Email to SMS is the simplest way of sending SMS, using nothing more than traditional email.

It is ideal for desk-users that want to supplement their use of email with SMS and organisations that want to SMS-enable their entire office.

Email to SMS Features

With the exception of binary data, Email to SMS provides support for all of our core messaging features.

Furthermore, to facilitate multi-staff use, individual Email to SMS users...

1. need very little instruction
2. do not need access to the main account
3. can have their activities monitored

Using Email to SMS

The first step in sending Email to SMS messages is to allocate individual email addresses with their own passwords using SMS Online. Authorised users can then send SMS via email using clients such as Outlook, Notes, Thunderbird etc. or online services such as Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail etc.

The format of the actual email used in Email to SMS broadcasts is extremely simple and automated confirmations & real-time delivery state updates are sent back via email.

Cost of Email to SMS

Email to SMS is a form of message submission which we provide free-of-charge. The only costs involved are those which relate to messaging.

For further information on Email to SMS, please visit the Knowledge Base.