Receive your ugent emails from Gmail in a text message to your cell phone

This is a feature that I have found to be interesting and useful, especial with people doing so much work from their cell phones these days. I will show you how to forward your urgent emails from your GMAIL account to your phone as a text message. This is especially useful for people who have flashed phones with providers like Metro PCS and Cricket. I like this on any carrier because you weed out the junk and get faster access with the text.


You most likely have email with your phone no matter what type of plan you are on without even knowing it. In most cases it is your phone number and the service providers email domain. I have listed some examples from some of the most popular carriers below:


[Insert XXXXXXXXXX with your 10-digit cell phone number]

AT&T:
• XXXXXXXXXX@mms.att.net (I prefer mms because the text message sender will be
the email address that is forwarding the message)

• XXXXXXXXXX@txt.att.net (The text message sender will be a random phone number)

Verizon:
• XXXXXXXXXX@vzwpix.com (mms)

• XXXXXXXXXX@vtext.com (text)

Sprint:
• XXXXXXXXXX@pm.sprint.com (mms)

• XXXXXXXXXX@messaging.sprintpcs.com (text)

T-Mobile:
• XXXXXXXXXX@tmomail.net (text)

US Cellular:
• XXXXXXXXXX@email.uscc.net (mms)

• XXXXXXXXXX@mms.uscc.net (text)


So try it out first. Open up your email, and send a test message to your email to SMS gateway as described above. If you get the text message on your phone, you’re good, move on to Step 2. If it didn’t work, call you carrier and make sure they have your phone number email address setup. If your carrier isn’t in the list of providers above, here are some more for your reference.

NEXT:

Go to your Gmail

1. Once you’re logged into your Gmail account, click on “Settings”

2. Go to the “Forwarding and POP/IMAP” tab

3. Add a forwarding address. Use your email to SMS gateway,
1234567890@mms.att.net, for example

4. Gmail will send you a text with an confirmation code. Enter that code into the
confirmation box in Gmail and click verify.

5. Go the “Filters” tab and either edit a current filter or click “Create a new
filter” to set a new one

6. Edit the filter criteria. Make sure to be a specific as possible so you only
get forwarded the emails you want.

7. Click on the “Test Search” button to ensure your filters are bringing up the
emails you desire to have forwarded. Then click “Next Step”
8. Check the “Forward it to” box and choose your email to SMS address in the drop
down. Click on “Update Filter”

9. Thats, Now the next time one of those emails hit your Inbox, you should
get a text or mms notification on your cell phone within seconds.