For those of us who don't have data-phones, it'd be nice to receive and reply to e-mails on our phones. I decided to write a tutorial on how to get e-mail updates on your phone. With this method, you will get a SMS when you receive an e-mail, but the e-mail
will be truncated to fit the SMS 160 character limit. However, for the most part this is good enough as you can figure out from who the e-mail is, and what it is regarding. If it's important, you can then just get online and open up the e-mail yourself. You can also reply to the e-mail SMS updates,
but the sender address will be your phone number @ your carrier.com, not your e-mail account.
1. Login to g-mail and click the settings link in the top right corner
2. Click the filters link at the top
3. Select new filter.
4. For the "To:" field, enter your e-mail address, and then hit Next Step.
If you didn't already know, most cell phone have an e-mail address, usually it's just your number @ the carrier company. If you don't know your cell phone email, I've provided a list of the most common carriers with their e-mail structure below:
Alltel
[10-digit phone number]@message.alltel.com
Example:
2125551212@message.alltel.com
AT&T (formerly Cingular)
[10-digit phone number]@txt.att.net
Example:
2125551212@txt.att.net
Boost Mobile
[10-digit phone number]@myboostmobile.com
Example:
2125551212@myboostmobile.com
Nextel (now part of Sprint Nextel)
[10-digit telephone number]@messaging.nextel.com
Example:
7035551234@messaging.nextel.com
Sprint PCS (now Sprint Nextel)
[10-digit phone number]@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Example:
2125551234@messaging.sprintpcs.com
T-Mobile
[10-digit phone number]@tmomail.net
Example:
4251234567@tmomail.net
Verizon
[10-digit phone number]@vtext.com
Example:
5552223333@vtext.com
Virgin Mobile USA
[10-digit phone number]@vmobl.com
Example:
5551234567@vmobl.com
5. Check off "Forward it to:" and enter your cell phone e-mail. After that click Create Filter
You're all set now, hopefully you don't get too many e-mails, or your phone will be ringing off the hook!
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