RE: Guide to Sending Text Messages with a Computer's Email Client was RE: Text messages on a lap top?

2016-01-23 Thread Richard Turner 
Thanks Alan for sharing this.

Much better than the web site I found.

If you want, you could add that Consumer Cellular uses the same code as AT, 
at least for SMS.  I haven’t tested MMS but it is very likely to also be the 
same.

 

Richard

 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Alan Lemly
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 11:32 AM
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Cc: 'Support for iDevices.' 
Subject: Guide to Sending Text Messages with a Computer's Email Client was RE: 
Text messages on a lap top?

 

Steve,

 

Below  my signature is a guide I wrote almost two years ago about sending text 
messages with your email client on a standalone computer. How to do this is 
mainly a function of the mobile service provider you're sending to and their 
rules. I' believe most of the information is still accurate but would welcome 
any comments or corrections if someone takes issue to anything stated.

 

Alan Lemly

 

It is possible to send text messages using your email client on your computer. 
The messages can be plain text messages also known as SMS which stands for 
Short Message Service. SMS messages are usually limited to 160 characters when 
sent using a mobile device but might be limited to 140 characters when sent via 
a computer's email client. This also might depend on the recipient's service 
provider but I have not fully researched the limitation.

 

Messages with pictures or without limitation on length can also be sent via a 
computer's email client. These messages are called iMessages in the iOS world 
or mms messages in general. MMS stands for Multimedia Message Service. 
Wikipedia has a good article explaining MMS at this link:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_Messaging_Service

 

This page has a good discussion of MMS and SMS with a table that succinctly 
compares them:

 

http://www.diffen.com/difference/MMS_vs_SMS

 

The format of the sent to address governs which type of message is sent and 
varies for each provider. The format begins with the 10-digit mobile phone 
number of the recipient followed by the @ sign for all providers. What follows 
the @ sign varies depending on the message format and the provider. Those are 
provided below for the four major US mobile service providers.

 

AT

 

SMS email address: 10-digitmobilenum...@txt.att.net 
 

MMS email address: 10-digitmobilenum...@mms.att.net 
 

 

Verizon

 

SMS email address: 10-digitmobilenum...@vtext.com 
 

MMS email address: 10-digitmobilenum...@vzwpix.com 
 

 

Sprint

 

SMS email address: 10-digitmobilenum...@messaging.sprintpcs.com 
 

MMS email address: 10-digitmobilenum...@pm.sprint.com 
 

 

T-Mobile

 

SMS email address: 10-digitmobilenum...@tmomail.net 
 

MMS email address: 10-digitmobilenum...@tmomail.net 
 

 

T-Mobile is the only provider of those listed above that uses the same address 
for SMS and MMS messages. Apparently, its servers analyze the message and 
format it accordingly on receipt.

 

 

 

 

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Steve Sweeney
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 12:47 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Text messages on a lap top?

 

Hi, 
Anyone know of a way we can use our Windows computers to send and receive our 
text messages?

Thx -Steve

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Guide to Sending Text Messages with a Computer's Email Client was RE: Text messages on a lap top?

2016-01-23 Thread Alan Lemly 
Steve,

 

Below  my signature is a guide I wrote almost two years ago about sending
text messages with your email client on a standalone computer. How to do
this is mainly a function of the mobile service provider you're sending to
and their rules. I' believe most of the information is still accurate but
would welcome any comments or corrections if someone takes issue to anything
stated.

 

Alan Lemly

 

It is possible to send text messages using your email client on your
computer. The messages can be plain text messages also known as SMS which
stands for Short Message Service. SMS messages are usually limited to 160
characters when sent using a mobile device but might be limited to 140
characters when sent via a computer's email client. This also might depend
on the recipient's service provider but I have not fully researched the
limitation.

 

Messages with pictures or without limitation on length can also be sent via
a computer's email client. These messages are called iMessages in the iOS
world or mms messages in general. MMS stands for Multimedia Message Service.
Wikipedia has a good article explaining MMS at this link:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_Messaging_Service

 

This page has a good discussion of MMS and SMS with a table that succinctly
compares them:

 

http://www.diffen.com/difference/MMS_vs_SMS

 

The format of the sent to address governs which type of message is sent and
varies for each provider. The format begins with the 10-digit mobile phone
number of the recipient followed by the @ sign for all providers. What
follows the @ sign varies depending on the message format and the provider.
Those are provided below for the four major US mobile service providers.

 

AT

 

SMS email address: 10-digitmobilenum...@txt.att.net

MMS email address: 10-digitmobilenum...@mms.att.net

 

Verizon

 

SMS email address: 10-digitmobilenum...@vtext.com

MMS email address: 10-digitmobilenum...@vzwpix.com

 

Sprint

 

SMS email address: 10-digitmobilenum...@messaging.sprintpcs.com

MMS email address: 10-digitmobilenum...@pm.sprint.com

 

T-Mobile

 

SMS email address: 10-digitmobilenum...@tmomail.net

MMS email address: 10-digitmobilenum...@tmomail.net

 

T-Mobile is the only provider of those listed above that uses the same
address for SMS and MMS messages. Apparently, its servers analyze the
message and format it accordingly on receipt.

 

 

 

 

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Of Steve Sweeney
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 12:47 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Text messages on a lap top?

 

Hi, 
Anyone know of a way we can use our Windows computers to send and receive
our text messages?

Thx -Steve

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