You can send SMS messages much like you do a regular email. Simply address a new message to <number>@sms , replacing <number> with the telephone number of the mobile phone to which you wish to send. You will need to include the country and area codes in the number. Hyphens can be included for readability, but are optional. For example:

1-555-123-1234@sms - US destination

61-412-123-123@sms - Australia destination

44-7912-123-123@sms - UK destination

In the above examples, the hyphens have been added for ease of reading, but are not required. See this link for a list of country destination codes.

To send an SMS message using your email client software like Outlook Express, simply place an email address of the form {number}@sms.messagingengine.com in the To: line of your email.

Note that you must have an SMS sending number set up in your default personality. To do this, log in to your account, click Options, then Personalities, and ensure that the "Mobile Number" is filled in correctly.

A quick and simple way to send an SMS message is to use FastCheck . Just download and setup FastCheck from the previous link, then right-click on the FastCheck icon, select FastCommand, and type:

send sms to <number>

Then type the message to send into the Parameters section.

We also have support for automatically sending SMS messages to notify you of certain emails, based on your filtering rules. See Forwarding/Redirecting for more information as well as the last section below.

An SMS message can be a maximum of 160 characters . This is a limitation of Short Message Service, and not a restriction at our end. If you try and send an SMS longer than this, only the first 160 characters will be sent.

You can set up a forwarding rule in your "Options" -> "Define rules" screen to alert you of emails via SMS. In the "Forward to" field of the rule, enter your mobile number, and in the "Forward type" field, choose one of the options that starts with "SMS". To learn the different types of forwards, see Forwarding/Redirecting .