How to use the email to SMS service

You can sign up and start sending SMS messages from your PC immediately. The trial runs 30 days and starts you off with $2 of credit — no credit card, no payment, no obligation and nothing to download.

Sending an SMS in three steps

1. Write your message the way you would write an email. One SMS carries 160 characters; a longer message is broken into up to 9 of them, for 1,440 characters in total.
2. In the address field, enter "mobile phone number"@sms.utbox.net.
3. Hit send.

The message lands in your sent items as a normal email, to file as you would any other.

Receiving SMS messages

There is nothing to do to receive a message — it arrives in your email inbox. Every SMS you send carries an automatic reply path, so whoever receives it can respond straight back to you. If you would rather have replies reach your handset, you can set the originating number to your own mobile instead.

Read our privacy statement for how the messages you send and receive are handled.

Once the service is part of how you work, it keeps you in touch on your terms, from your inbox. See pricing for what messages cost, or talk to us about starting the trial.