Use Case: You need to contact all your staff to notify them that the office is closed due to weather conditions, email isn't direct enough, and calling everyone takes too long. Why not mass text everyone at once? If you create an email group, using a phone number and their carrier, you can reach all your staff in one message. When you go to send a message to your group, don't include a subject, and keep the message very short, say 150 characters, be sure to remove a signature or any graphics that you normally include on an email message. Send email message to- TXT@yourdomain.com. Within that group name you will have a listing of numbers like this example: 1112223333@txt.att.net. (Of course an alternate to this is to create a group of numbers on your smart phone directly, the downside to this is that if you switch carriers, or device types, Android to iOS for example, you may lose that list. Creating an email group on your server ensures that not only you are able to send to the group.) AT&T [10-digit phone number]@txt.att.net [10-digit phone number]@mms.att.net (MMS) [10-digit phone number]@cingularme.com Example: 1234567890@txt.att.net AT&T Enterprise Paging number@page.att.net BigRedGiant Mobile Solutions number@tachyonsms.co.uk Bell Mobility & Solo Mobile (Canada) number@txt.bell.ca Boost Mobile [10-digit phone number]@myboostmobile.com Example: 1234567890@myboostmobile.com BPL Mobile (Mumbai, India) number@bplmobile.com Cellular One (Dobson) number@mobile.celloneusa.com Cingular (Postpaid) number@cingularme.com Centennial Wireless number@cwemail.com Cingular (GoPhone prepaid) number@cingularme.com (SMS) Claro (Brasil) number@clarotorpedo.com.br Claro (Nicaragua) number@ideasclaro-ca.com Comcel number@comcel.com.co Cricket number@sms.mycricket.com (SMS) CTI number@sms.ctimovil.com.ar Emtel (Mauritius) number@emtelworld.net Fido (Canada) number@fido.ca General Communications Inc. number@msg.gci.net Globalstar (satellite) number@msg.globalstarusa.com Helio number@messaging.sprintpcs.com Illinois Valley Cellular number@ivctext.com Iridium (satellite) number@msg.iridium.com Iusacell number@rek2.com.mx i wireless number.iws@iwspcs.net Koodo Mobile (Canada) number@msg.koodomobile.com LMT (Latvia) number@sms.lmt.lv Meteor (Ireland) number@sms.mymeteor.ie Mero Mobile (Nepal) 977number@sms.spicenepal.com MetroPCS number@mymetropcs.com Movicom (Argentina) number@sms.movistar.net.ar Mobitel (Sri Lanka) number@sms.mobitel.lk Movistar (Colombia) number@movistar.com.co MTN (South Africa) number@sms.co.za MTS (Canada) number@text.mtsmobility.com Nextel (United States) number@messaging.nextel.com Nextel (now Sprint Nextel) [10-digit telephone number]@messaging.nextel.com Example: 1234567890@messaging.nextel.com Nextel (Argentina) TwoWay.11number@nextel.net.ar Orange Polska (Poland) 9digit@orange.pl Personal (Argentina) number@alertas.personal.com.ar Plus GSM (Poland) +48number@text.plusgsm.pl President’s Choice (Canada) number@txt.bell.ca Qwest number@qwestmp.com Rogers (Canada) number@pcs.rogers.com SL Interactive (Australia) number@slinteractive.com.au Sasktel (Canada) number@sms.sasktel.com Setar Mobile email (Aruba) 297+number@mas.aw Sprint PCS (now Sprint Nextel) [10-digit phone number]@messaging.sprintpcs.com [10-digit phone number]@pm.sprint.com (MMS) Example: 1234567890@messaging.sprintpcs.com Suncom number@tms.suncom.com T-Mobile [10-digit phone number]@tmomail.net Example: 1234567890@tmomail.net T-Mobile (Austria) number@sms.t-mobile.at T-Mobile (UK) number@t-mobile.uk.net Telus Mobility (Canada) number@msg.telus.com Thumb Cellular number@sms.thumbcellular.com Tigo (Formerly Ola) number@sms.tigo.com.co Tracfone (prepaid) number@mmst5.tracfone.com Unicel number@utext.com US Cellular [10-digit phone number]email.uscc.net (SMS) [10-digit phone number]@mms.uscc.net (MMS) Example: 1234567890@email.uscc.net Verizon [10-digit phone number]@vtext.com [10-digit phone number]@vzwpix.com (MMS) Example: 1234567890@vtext.com Virgin Mobile USA [10-digit phone number]@vmobl.com Example: 1234567890@vmobl.com Virgin Mobile (Canada) number@vmobile.ca Vodacom (South Africa) number@voda.co.za Vodafone (Italy) number@sms.vodafone.it YCC number@sms.ycc.ru MobiPCS (Hawaii only) number@mobipcs.net |