You can send SMS messages from E-Mail clients to a phone, e.g. via (your phonenumber) [email protected]

Somebody here who know about this ? I did some testing following the information on few websites, but no results so far.

An SMS gateways is a way of sending a text message with or without using a mobile (cell) phone. Specifically, it is a device or service offering SMS transit, transforming messages to mobile network traffic from other media, or vice versa, allowing transmission or receipt of SMS messages with or without the use of a mobile phone. Typical use of a gateway would be to forward simple e-mail to a mobile phone recipient. wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_gateway

This are few other websites that I searched. link1 link2 link3

As far as I can remember AIS/One-2-Call closed their public email gateway ([email protected]) ~ 5 years ago. You could contact them to see if they offer this service as part of a plan or a separately billed service. I find them to be extremely responsive.

Many mobile service providers do offer this service, for example my provider (T-Mobile, pre-paid) in the U.S. uses: [email protected].

For PC to mobile messaging, as a One-2-Call pre-paid subscriber, you can use the eServices interface to generate SMSes, the charge is 1 baht/SMS.

I have been using a paid SMS service for ~ 5 years, Telemessage which offers a whole range of PC-interface products including two I use: an Outlook plug-in and a browser tool-bar.

In general, I find paid services (email, SMS) to be much more reliable (neither SMS or email are 'guaranteed' services) than free services.

We use the gatewaay from www.clickatell.com. Cost is about 8 cents per message, depending on location. You just buy credits.

I also use clickatell in a custom software solution I made.

Cheap, flexible and very powerful - highly recommended.

Skype will cost you $0.063 for a 160 character SMS to any Thai Mobile

AIS has a website where 1-2Call users can log-in and (among other things) send an SMS to one number or multiple numbers (broadcast) for 1 baht per number. AIS eService

AIS has a website where 1-2Call users can log-in and (among other things) send an SMS to one number or multiple numbers (broadcast) for 1 baht per number. AIS eService

Yes and you have to have a Thai based mobile to use the service, which sort of defeats the OP's original request to send an SMS via an email client

If you have a Thai mobile why would you bother to use an email client to send and SMS, just use your phone to send the SMS

I'm looking at a way to do the reverse of this. I am looking for a service that will transmit an sms message to e-mail which can be accessed by a PC. Anybody ever hear of this?

I guess the are professional solutions which will cost money. But there is a free solution to send sms to a skype account. YOu can check website here: http://www.sms4skype.net/

For send a SMS to a Skype user :

Write the word skype folowing by a space

Write the skype username of the recipient, following by a space

Write your text

Send this message to the number +41762203200

Exemple :

To send the text : Call me please to a skype user nammed alanwood write the following text on your mobile phone :

skype alaindufour Call me please

Send this SMS to the number +41762203200

Your SMS will be transmitted as chat message on the Skype software on your recipient.

I'm looking at a way to do the reverse of this. I am looking for a service that will transmit an sms message to e-mail which can be accessed by a PC. Anybody ever hear of this?

Google Voice has this feature. http://www.google.com/googlevoice/about.html#

I guess the are professional solutions which will cost money. But there is a free solution to send sms to a skype account. YOu can check website here: http://www.sms4skype.net/

Following that link I see that you do have to pay via tokens, which must be purchased. That doesn't sound free to me, or am I missing something?

If you want to send a skype message to a mobile phone they charge. But if you just want to send a sms to a skype account they dont charge. You just have the costs to send a sms to a swiss number.

I tried it few minutes before. This is the text I recieved at my skype account:

SMS FROM : +66xxxxxxxxxxx

DATE : 07.12.2010 10:38:24

hello hello test test

- - - - - - - - -

Answer to this message by SMS using sms4Skype.

Visit www.sms4skype.net

Buy voucher code at

http://www.sms4skype.net/voucher

www.ipipi.com

cost some money.

AIS has a website where 1-2Call users can log-in and (among other things) send an SMS to one number or multiple numbers (broadcast) for 1 baht per number. AIS eService

Yes and you have to have a Thai based mobile to use the service, which sort of defeats the OP's original request to send an SMS via an email client

If you have a Thai mobile why would you bother to use an email client to send and SMS, just use your phone to send the SMS

If you are overseas and want to send an SMS, the ais website works fine. Better to pay 1 baht per SMS than 20 baht.

TheWalkingMan

If you are overseas and want to send an SMS, the ais website works fine. Better to pay 1 baht per SMS than 20 baht.

TheWalkingMan

Can you receive the one-time password SMS when roaming in other countries? In my limited experience, in the U.S., I do not, even though I can get *121#, send/receive SMSes, calls, greeting texts in Thai, etc.

If you are overseas and want to send an SMS, the ais website works fine. Better to pay 1 baht per SMS than 20 baht.

TheWalkingMan

Can you receive the one-time password SMS when roaming in other countries? In my limited experience, in the U.S., I do not, even though I can get *121#, send/receive SMSes, calls, greeting texts in Thai, etc.

I have received the one-time password while in Japan. I just presumed that it worked globally.

Maybe the US provider blocks it?

TheWalkingMan

I have received the one-time password while in Japan. I just presumed that it worked globally.

Maybe the US provider blocks it?

TheWalkingMan

I roam onto T-Mobile and AT&T in the U.S. with One-2-Call, and can make/receive voice calls, send/receive SMSes, I can get account status *121#, and even receive the IR (international roaming, *131* menus) greeting so I'm not sure why it would be blocked. I sort of assumed that One-2-Call knows that I am in the U.S. (IMEI/SIM details) so they choose not to pass the one-time password. I have several trips back soon so will re-test.

www.ipipi.com

cost some money.

I have kept an ipipi account for a few years now. Handy when offshore using satellite links and very reliable.