Email To Sms Gateway?

[Phil Conners]

Anyone know a service where I can redirect my email to recive an SMS notification. If the notification could include sender and at least some of the subject that would be great!

I used to use Loxinfo's email notification to SMS which was great but they stopped it.

Then I used Hotmails for a while, that was crap as the message basically just said you had a mail (and you had to login to crappy Hotmail to read it too, yuk!). Anyway they seem to have stopped that too (or perhaps it just broke and t hey haven't realized yet).

[meadish_sweetball]

Anyone know a service where I can redirect my email to recive an SMS notification. If the notification could include sender and at least some of the subject that would be great!

I used to use Loxinfo's email notification to SMS which was great but they stopped it.

Then I used Hotmails for a while, that was crap as the message basically just said you had a mail (and you had to login to crappy Hotmail to read it too, yuk!). Anyway they seem to have stopped that too (or perhaps it just broke and t hey haven't realized yet).

Why not sign up for GPRS with either DTAC or AIS and you will not need notification via SMS, you can receive the actual e-mail!

I am with AIS and pay 499 baht per month for unlimited usage of GPRS on top of their cheapest monthly promotion package for normal talk time.

If you have a decent mobile phone model, you can receive your email on your mobile phone - the fancier models can even download and view many types of attachments, but my SonyEricsson T610 does not have that option. Still, I can read everything within the actual body of the message.

- With the GPRS service, you can use ANY email address that has POP3 or IMAP forwarding enabled, which even Loxinfo dialup account email addresses have.

[Phil Conners]

You still need to actively query your mailbox, most telephones can't do it for you. I need to receive the info when it comes in, even if late at night.

Anyway, 499/month for unlimited GPRS is not an option. Currently it's 1,400/month for like a couple hundrede MB .. check gsmadvance.com (AIS) Website.

[meadish_sweetball]

At first, I was shown those promotions you mention as well, by the service girl at the AIS counter in Chiang Mai, until I told her my friend was using a 499 per month unlimited account. Then she said: "Oh, is that the one you want. OK." and I got it.

So my advice is that you head for the AIS office and do the same thing. You never know. My Sony Ericsson T610 checks my Loxinfo e-mail account every 5 minutes for me which should suit your needs as well I believe. It's a good phone, well worth the price.

[Phil Conners]

I got a Motorola E398, it will not check mail more often than 30 minutes. Anyway I don't really need this, I get about 40-50 mails per day and only needs notification for one or two emergency mails.

Anyway, that is a real cool deal you have, does it have a name? Would be well worth asking for it but I am not convinced they will offer it here.