Yes it is possible to send a text to a friend or family member through your home or office computer. This feature makes it easier for those who have problems seeing the small 
buttons on their cell phone screens. In today’s society it is also useful for the working parent, instead of taking their cell phone out they can text their children and make sure all is well or the sitter right from their desk at work. This is also useful for those of us that have cell phones but are not willing to pay the extra fees associated with texting.
So now that I have got your attention, here is a step-by-step guide on how to utilize this feature.
First you must have a computer that is hooked up to the Internet in some way. Then you simply go to your email, whether it be Outlook, G mail, Yahoo mail or Aol it doesn’t matter. Go up to the send tab once you are in your email. You then input the number you are looking to send a text to, with no dashes.
This next step can be a little trickier if you don’t know what cell phone carrier your recipient uses. When you are sending the email your email provider has to know where to send your text. Once you know their cell phone carrier you simply input the @ symbol and whichever carrier they use then click send email. So the to line in your email should look like this example: 1234567899@theircarrier.com.
Here are a few of the more common cell phone carrier extensions
Verizon: For just (text) messages only use this extension @vtext.com. Now if you want to send a picture or some kind of (media, videos, and pictures) with a text here is the slightly different version @vzwpix.com
AT&T: Keep in mind that if you’re sending to an All Tel or Cingular customer that AT&T bought them out. Use this extension @txt.att.net to send plain text to all three of those carriers.
Sprint: Sending text messages to the users of this carrier can also be a bit tricky as Sprint and Nextel have merged. If the person you are texting was a subscriber to Nextel before 2005 then use this extension @messaging.nextel.com. If the person is a recent subscriber to Sprint or have always used them then use this extension @messaging.sprintpcs.com to send text and media.
T Mobil: To send subscribers of this carrier a test message use this extension @tmomail.net
Now it is important to remember that each carrier allows for a different amount of characters in each text message, so you need to be careful as to the amount of text in each email you send.
Verizon allows a 160-character limit per text message.
AT&T, which as I stated above merged with AllTel and Cingular allows for a 160-character limit message.
Sprint allows the most characters per message at a whopping 500 characters per message
T Mobil also allows for a 160-character limit per text message
So now you have been armed with yet another tool you can use your computer for. It’s simple and effective as well as easy to perform.
Article By, Heather Deprey
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