AT&T
If AT&T Wireless (formerly Cingular) is your cellular service provider, here's the lowdown on how to use SMS with your phone.
Notes: The address for sending pictures -- assuming you have an MMS-compatible phone -- is 10-digit-number@mms.att.net.
You can check with AT&T customer service (dial 611 on your mobile phone) if you have questions about rate plans or if you have problems with your SMS service (e.g. you're getting unwanted messages).
Updated 7/2/2008
- Maximum message length: 160 characters
- What happens to longer messages: They're broken into 160-character segments and delivered piece by piece.
- Cost per message: 20 cents each to send or receive (or less, if you sign up for a text messaging package); messages sent to international numbers cost 25 cents each
- More information: AT&T text messaging
- Sending email to an AT&T phone: Use the address format 10-digit-number@txt.att.net. Example: 4152221212@txt.att.net
Notes: The address for sending pictures -- assuming you have an MMS-compatible phone -- is 10-digit-number@mms.att.net.
You can check with AT&T customer service (dial 611 on your mobile phone) if you have questions about rate plans or if you have problems with your SMS service (e.g. you're getting unwanted messages).
Updated 7/2/2008
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# posted by Dylan @ 7/17/2006
# posted by Dylan @ 7/17/2006
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For whatever reason, @cingularme.com does not work on my phone. Another option is @mobile.mycingular.com. Also, there is a separate address to send pictures (as opposed to just text)... @mms.mycingular.com.
# posted by 
: 9:32 AM, August 24, 2006
: 9:32 AM, August 24, 2006
Don't forget about ##########@mmode.com for former at&t wireless phones.
# posted by : 2:12 PM, September 22, 2006
: 2:12 PM, September 22, 2006
After sending test messages and MMS messages from my phone, I was able to receive replies to the addresses
####@pics.cingularme.com and ####@mms.mycingular.com with useful Subject: and From: headers, but now those do not seem to work, and only mail filteres through the ####@cingularme.com filter with anonymized 'From:101001017' headers seem to arrive.
(I am using Cingular through Trakfone, so that may be an issue.)
####@pics.cingularme.com and ####@mms.mycingular.com with useful Subject: and From: headers, but now those do not seem to work, and only mail filteres through the ####@cingularme.com filter with anonymized 'From:101001017' headers seem to arrive.
(I am using Cingular through Trakfone, so that may be an issue.)
# posted by : 8:02 AM, October 26, 2006
: 8:02 AM, October 26, 2006
who pays for the sending half of the cost when you send form e-mail? Does the receiver pay double?
If teleflip is free does that mean its free to receive too?
Can a phone setup to receive text msgs but not e-mail still do this receiving of e-mail as a text msg?
If teleflip is free does that mean its free to receive too?
Can a phone setup to receive text msgs but not e-mail still do this receiving of e-mail as a text msg?
# posted by : 10:16 AM, November 10, 2006
: 10:16 AM, November 10, 2006
Anonymous: When you send an SMS message to someone via email, you're not charged. And the recepient is only charged their usual SMS message fee to receive the text message (they are not double-charged). The carriers only charge to *send* or *receive* text messages *on your phone*.
Teleflip is free to send but the recipient will still get charged for receiving the text message. (Unless they have an unlimited SMS account.)
And if you can receive SMS messages, you can use your phone's SMS address as a way of receiving ordinary Internet emails, yes. However, the messages you receive will be very short (depending on the carrier's limits for text messages) and you may not be able to reply.
Teleflip is free to send but the recipient will still get charged for receiving the text message. (Unless they have an unlimited SMS account.)
And if you can receive SMS messages, you can use your phone's SMS address as a way of receiving ordinary Internet emails, yes. However, the messages you receive will be very short (depending on the carrier's limits for text messages) and you may not be able to reply.
It appears that cingular has taken out the ability to send text messages from their site. www.cingular.com/sendamessage no longer works!
# posted by : 8:35 AM, November 30, 2006
: 8:35 AM, November 30, 2006
Cingular doesn't appear to want to keep customers. Anyone up to switching to a service that cares about what the client wants?
# posted by : 2:40 PM, December 25, 2006
: 2:40 PM, December 25, 2006
charge to send sms, i understand.. but charge to receive sms? weird.....
# posted by : 8:56 AM, January 13, 2007
: 8:56 AM, January 13, 2007
I agree...it is so weird to charge to recieve SMS messages....what if someone keeps sending email to you on your cell using @cingularme.com ....you end up paying...
if I were to get a call that I do not want to accept...I can reject it...and not loose airtime or pay if I am going over my quota....
what is the way to "rject" a SMS that you do not wish to recieve...-:(
Cingular...very bad on this one...
if I were to get a call that I do not want to accept...I can reject it...and not loose airtime or pay if I am going over my quota....
what is the way to "rject" a SMS that you do not wish to recieve...-:(
Cingular...very bad on this one...
# posted by : 2:06 PM, February 14, 2007
: 2:06 PM, February 14, 2007
if you follow your own link in the instructions, you'll find the current address is now yournumber@txt.att.net.
# posted by : 10:07 PM, June 09, 2007
: 10:07 PM, June 09, 2007
"what is the way to "rject" a SMS that you do not wish to recieve...-:("
At least for me, just don't open it. If I don't actually open the SMS, I'm not charged for it. I even have a friend who has a phone that scrolls the contents of a message across the screen in the "inbox" view, but as long as she reads them that way rather than actually opening them, she's never charged for receiving them. So she never opens texts.
At least for me, just don't open it. If I don't actually open the SMS, I'm not charged for it. I even have a friend who has a phone that scrolls the contents of a message across the screen in the "inbox" view, but as long as she reads them that way rather than actually opening them, she's never charged for receiving them. So she never opens texts.
# posted by : 7:09 AM, July 06, 2007
: 7:09 AM, July 06, 2007
afaik, you are charged the txt fee whether you open it or not...though I don't know...
As far as the address(es)...I think the latest is 10-digit#@txt.att.net
Does anyone know if that address will accept attachments though, say a ringtone (mp3)? :)
As far as the address(es)...I think the latest is 10-digit#@txt.att.net
Does anyone know if that address will accept attachments though, say a ringtone (mp3)? :)
# posted by : 12:29 PM, August 07, 2007
: 12:29 PM, August 07, 2007
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SHUBH DIWALI. sandeep171980@gmail.com
I Pray to God to give U
Shanti,
Shakti,
Sampati,
Swarup,
Saiyam,
Saadgi,
Safalta,
Samridhi,
Sanskar,
Swaasth,
Sanmaan,
Saraswati,
aur SNEH.
SHUBH DIWALI. sandeep171980@gmail.com
Just to let you know, any "former Cingular" customer is going to have the same e-mail as an at&t subscriber. To e-mail a text it's the phone number @txt.att.net and for mms it's the phone number @mms.att.net You can find this info on at&t's website. www.wireless.att.com I know this information is correct because I work as a customer care rep for the company.
# posted by : 8:51 PM, May 05, 2008
: 8:51 PM, May 05, 2008
I am a former Cingular customer, and just tried this. It did not work with mmode.com, but did work with cingularme.com
# posted by : 1:13 PM, June 02, 2008
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