Email sms gateway

An email-to-SMS (SMS) gateway is a service that allows you to send SMS messages from an email account to a mobile phone. Here's how it works:

  1. You send an email to a specific email address, which is designated as the SMS gateway.
  2. The email is received by the SMS gateway, which extracts the message and converts it into an SMS format.
  3. The SMS gateway then sends the SMS message to the recipient's mobile phone.

Email-to-SMS gateways are useful for several reasons:

  1. Convenience: You can send SMS messages from your email account, which is often more convenient than using a separate SMS client or app.
  2. Flexibility: You can send SMS messages from any device with an internet connection, as long as you have an email account.
  3. Cost-effective: Sending SMS messages through an email-to-SMS gateway can be more cost-effective than using a traditional SMS service provider.

Here are some examples of email-to-SMS gateways:

  1. Clickatell: Clickatell is a popular email-to-SMS gateway that allows you to send SMS messages to over 900 networks in 200 countries.
  2. Nexmo: Nexmo is a cloud-based SMS gateway that allows you to send SMS messages to over 200 countries.
  3. Twilio: Twilio is a cloud-based communication platform that includes an email-to-SMS gateway feature.
  4. MessageBird: MessageBird is a cloud-based SMS gateway that allows you to send SMS messages to over 200 countries.

To use an email-to-SMS gateway, you typically need to:

  1. Sign up for an account with the gateway provider.
  2. Set up your email account to send emails to the gateway's designated email address.
  3. Use a specific format for your email subject and body to ensure that the message is converted correctly into an SMS format.

Here's an example of how you might format an email to send an SMS message:

Subject: Your SMS message

Body: Hello, this is a test SMS message.

Email address: [gateway_email_address]@clickatell.com

In this example, the email subject and body are used to create the SMS message, and the email address is sent to the Clickatell email-to-SMS gateway.