Tool and Tricks

All of you have heared the name of WAY2SMS ,Do you know that you can get SMS alerts when you receive a new email in your Gmail inbox? Yes, this can be done using way2sms.com Way2SMS.com. This facility which is provided by way2sms is extremely useful for people who don’t have a smartphone or when no internet connection is available.    How to Configure Gmail SMS Alerts?     Login to your Way2SMS account (or) Sign Up if you don’t have one.     Go to “Mail Alerts” tab and copy the mail forwarding address  Now, login to your Gmail account and select “Settings”. Select the “Forwarding and POP/IMAP” tab and choose “Forward a copy of incoming mail to” option and enter the forwarding address that you’ve copied in the 2nd step.      Ensure you select the “Keep Gmail’s copy in the inbox” option.     Confirm with the verification code that you’ll receive on your mobile in Gmail verification box. ...

These are all I could find from Wikipedia and other sources. If you’re aware of any other ones please share them in comments and I’ll add them to the list. Carrier                                                     Email to SMS Gateway 7-11 Speakout (USA GSM)                           number@cingularme.com Airtel (Karnataka, India)                             number@airtelkk.com Airtel Wireless (Montana, USA)                    ...

Want to send a short email to a friend and get it delivered to his/her cell phone as SMS? If you know your friends’ phone numbers and the carrier they are on then you can easily send emails to their cell phones directly from your email program. Here is how it works: Most of mobile carriers offer free Email To SMS gateways which can be used to forward simple text emails to a mobile phones. And the good news, majority of those gateways are free and available to the general public. You just need to know the number and the carrier of the recipient to start emailing them to mobile phone. Below we put together a table listing free email to SMS gateways for different carriers. You can use as quick reference both for US and international mobile numbers. Free Email To SMS Gateways (Major US Carriers) Carrier                                          Email to SMS Gateway Alltel   ...