OK, it works. If you have Consumer Cellular, you can use the AT&T code.
I just sent a text to my work phone which is on AT&T and another to my personal phone which is on Consumer Cellular, from Outlook 2016 on my Windows 10 computer, but I suspect this will work with other versions of Windows. I formatted the to field as iphonenum...@text.att.ent <mailto:iphonenum...@text.att.ent> and put text in the subject so Outlook wouldn’t flag it as not having a subject, then wrote some text in the body of the Email and hit send. Poof, I received the text message on my work iPhone. Then, I did the same with my personal phone. Very slick if you don’t want to go and grab your iPhone. I suspect this works with any cell phone. Richard Richard . . From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 11:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Text messages on a lap top? I found this on a web site, I have no idea if it works. How To Send SMS Messages From Windows 10 Computer to a Phone Method 1 – Send Messages Through Email Probably the simplest way to send messages from your computer to a cell phone is through the email. To do so, just follow these instructions: 1. Open Windows 10 Mail App 2. Click on New Mail 3. Now just enter the number you want to send the text message to and enter the code of your provider. Here are message codes of some popular providers: o Alltel: @message.alltel.com (or @mms.alltelwireless.com for picture messages) o AT&T: @text.att.net o Sprint: @messaging.sprintpcs.com o T-Mobile: @tmomail.net o Verizon: @vtext.com (or @vzwpix.com for photos and video) <http://wind8apps.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sms-message-from-windows-10-e1443085211960.png> 4. Write the message as a normal email and just hit Send When your friend replies to your text message, you’ll also get it in your Mail inbox. Method 2 – Send Message From A Carrier’s website A lot of mobile carriers offer you an option to send free SMS messages from your computer for free. Depending on the carrier, you’ll be able to send text messages to other users of that carrier’s services, or even users of other networks. So just go to your carrier’s website, log into your account, find the option for texting, and send the text message from your computer. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Sweeney Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 10:47 AM 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 -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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