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(Vanity Question) Send text message to mobile phone from web?
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Posted on 02/25/2010 5:50:46 AM PST by RangerM
Does anyone regularly use the web to send a text message to someone's cell?
I'd like to, but I don't want the recipient to start getting a bunch of junk texts, because I use one of the wrong "Free texting" sites. I did a Google search, but wasn't sure how to filter the bad from the good.
Does anyone know of a reputable site for this purpose?
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: message; text
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posted on
02/25/2010 5:50:47 AM PST
by
RangerM
To: RangerM; rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
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posted on
02/25/2010 5:53:36 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: RangerM
I’ve used the Verizon site to send texts occasionally. Don’t know if that’s just for folks who have Verizon cell phones only, though.
To: RangerM
I know that if the recipient is using Verizon, you can send e-mail to nnnnnnnnnn@vtext.com (where nnnnnnnnnn is the 10 digit phone number).
Other carriers should have a similar service.
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posted on
02/25/2010 5:55:01 AM PST
by
Washi
To: RangerM
Yeah, I use the Sprint website to send mine as well..my family has never mentioned any junk texts that they have received as a result.
To: RangerM
Verizon Wireless allows their customers to login to their account (on the web) and send a text through their website. Not sure about the other carriers, but they probably have the same.
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posted on
02/25/2010 5:55:42 AM PST
by
Born Conservative
("I'm a fan of disruptors" - Nancy Pelosi)
To: RangerM
Use an email to SMS gateway. All of the major wireless providers provide these for numbers on their network. Because they are from the wireless company itself, there should be no issue with SPAM. Of course, you need to know the wireless provider that is being used for the phone number to which you are sending the email.
The list here will show you the different email addresses for the different wireless providers.
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posted on
02/25/2010 5:57:26 AM PST
by
Scutter
To: RangerM
To: Born Conservative; RangerM
Verizon Wireless allows their customers to login to their account (on the web) and send a text through their website. Not sure about the other carriers, but they probably have the same.
att wireless does the same.
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posted on
02/25/2010 5:58:26 AM PST
by
absolootezer0
(2x divorced, tattooed, pierced, harley hatin, meghan mccain luvin', smoker and pit bull owner..what?)
To: RangerM
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posted on
02/25/2010 5:58:39 AM PST
by
posterchild
(Endowed by my Creator with certain unalienable rights.)
To: RangerM
Try using Google Voice. You can send/receive texts for free using a web interface. The only downside is you’d be doing it from a different phone number than your own.
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posted on
02/25/2010 6:02:09 AM PST
by
pnh102
(Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
To: RangerM
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posted on
02/25/2010 6:03:12 AM PST
by
paulycy
(Demand Constitutionality.)
To: RangerM
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posted on
02/25/2010 6:04:30 AM PST
by
greedo
To: Washi
I know that if the recipient is using Verizon, you can send e-mail to nnnnnnnnnn@vtext.com (where nnnnnnnnnn is the 10 digit phone number).
Other carriers should have a similar service. T-Mobile does, and even allows you to set up an alias for the phone number.
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posted on
02/25/2010 6:06:28 AM PST
by
sionnsar
(IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
To: RangerM
I sometimes send text messages from my work computer to my daughters cell phone. I think we get charged more for doing that. He he.
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posted on
02/25/2010 6:09:27 AM PST
by
angcat
(GOD SAVE US!)
To: RangerM
Yahoo Messenger works pretty good for what you are trying to do.
To: RangerM
Any site that does this, does this for a reason. Verizon does this as a service to their customers. Other sites do this to gather active cell phone numbers.
Why would you spend thousands of dollars a year to maintain a website, and pay to have this service provided free? Instead, you can harvest millions of cell phone numbers, and then sell them to companies that make a living by calling and harassing.
Now, you can spend 10 minutes and learn how to text with your phone, or you can sign your friends personal information up on the public domain - it all depends how you chose to treat your friends. Personally, I chose not to share my friend’s names, addresses, email or phone numbers with the public, and I drop friends who feel that I do not deserve the same consideration. Of course, you are free do do whatever you chose; just be aware that some may hold you accountable for your actions.
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posted on
02/25/2010 6:10:46 AM PST
by
Hodar
(Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
To: RangerM
MaximumPC recommends
sms.dynadel.com. You must know the recipient's carrier. It's formatted to be viewed on a mobile browser.
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posted on
02/25/2010 6:12:20 AM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: Hodar
Which is why I posted the question.
I would prefer to protect my friends, thanks.
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posted on
02/25/2010 6:16:32 AM PST
by
RangerM
(A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel - Robert Frost.)
To: RangerM
We regularly send text message about server failure, etc to our tech people who have company provided cell phones. However, this has caused our IT director on a few occasions, to harangue to person who received the person for wasting company resources on texting on a company phone. But then, there are idiots every place you look.
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posted on
02/25/2010 6:18:28 AM PST
by
w1andsodidwe
(How can you tell when the President is lying? When his lips move, of course.)
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