How to contact someone by text messaging (SMS) without using a mobile phone

You can send a text message (SMS) to a cellular subscriber from your e-mail application (Outlook). Your e-mail will be converted into a text message, and your recipient will receive a text message instead of an e-mail. You simply need to send an e-mail to a special address (see table below). To send a text message to a cellular subscriber from your e-mail application, you need to know two components:

• their cellular number; • the name of their cellular provider (Bell, Rogers, TELUS, etc.).

The table below shows the e-mail address to use depending on the recipient’s cellular provider:

Provider Recipient’s Extension to use number Bell and Solo Mobile xxx-xxx-xxxx @txt.bell.ca Chatr, Rogers and Tbaytel xxx-xxx-xxxx @pcs.rogers.com Eastlink xxx-xxx-xxxx @txt.eastlink.ca Fido xxx-xxx-xxxx @fido.ca Koodo Mobile xxx-xxx-xxxx @msg.koodomobile.com MTS xxx-xxx-xxxx @text.mtsmobility.com PC Mobile xxx-xxx-xxxx @mobiletxt.ca Public Mobile xxx-xxx-xxxx @msg.telus.com Sasktel xxx-xxx-xxxx @sms.sasktel.com TELUS xxx-xxx-xxxx @msg.telus.com Virgin Mobile xxx-xxx-xxxx @vmobile.ca WIND Mobile xxx-xxx-xxxx @txt.windmobile.ca

For instance, in case of a Bell subscriber whose mobile number is 819-555-1212, you would send them a text message at [email protected] from your e-mail application. Also, if the subscriber replies to your text message and they have a data package or are connected to a wireless network, their reply will appear directly in your e-mail software!