I did this as well with my T-MObile phone. but the reply has never come back to my Mac. so maybe this only goes one way?
> On Jan 23, 2016, at 11:26 AM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > OK, it works. > If you have Consumer Cellular, you can use the AT&T code. > I just sent a text to my work phone which is on AT&T and another to my > personal phone which is on Consumer Cellular, from Outlook 2016 on my Windows > 10 computer, but I suspect this will work with other versions of Windows. > I formatted the to field as [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> and put text in the subject so Outlook > wouldn’t flag it as not having a subject, then wrote some text in the body of > the Email and hit send. > Poof, I received the text message on my work iPhone. Then, I did the same > with my personal phone. > > Very slick if you don’t want to go and grab your iPhone. > > I suspect this works with any cell phone. > > Richard > > Richard > . > . > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf > Of Richard Turner > Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 11:16 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Text messages on a lap top? > > I found this on a web site, I have no idea if it works. > How To Send SMS Messages From Windows 10 Computer to a Phone > Method 1 – Send Messages Through Email > Probably the simplest way to send messages from your computer to a cell phone > is through the email. To do so, just follow these instructions: > 1. Open Windows 10 Mail App > 2. Click on New Mail > 3. Now just enter the number you want to send the text message to and > enter the code of your provider. Here are message codes of some popular > providers: > o Alltel: @message.alltel.com <http://message.alltel.com/> (or > @mms.alltelwireless.com <http://mms.alltelwireless.com/> for picture messages) > o AT&T: @text.att.net <http://text.att.net/> > o Sprint: @messaging.sprintpcs.com <http://messaging.sprintpcs.com/> > o T-Mobile: @tmomail.net <http://tmomail.net/> > o Verizon: @vtext.com <http://vtext.com/> (or @vzwpix.com > <http://vzwpix.com/> for photos and video) <image001.png> > <http://wind8apps.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sms-message-from-windows-10-e1443085211960.png> > 4. Write the message as a normal email and just hit Send > When your friend replies to your text message, you’ll also get it in your > Mail inbox. > Method 2 – Send Message From A Carrier’s website > A lot of mobile carriers offer you an option to send free SMS messages from > your computer for free. Depending on the carrier, you’ll be able to send text > messages to other users of that carrier’s services, or even users of other > networks. So just go to your carrier’s website, log into your account, find > the option for texting, and send the text message from your computer. > > > Richard > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf > Of Steve Sweeney > Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 10:47 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Text messages on a lap top? > > Hi, > Anyone know of a way we can use our Windows computers to send and receive our > text messages? > Thx -Steve > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone > <https://groups.google.com/group/viphone>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone > <https://groups.google.com/group/viphone>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone > <https://groups.google.com/group/viphone>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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