Open your email account
Compose a new email
Enter the recipient’s phone number followed by the carrier’s SMS gateway domain
Use the correct format: number@carrier-domain.com
Write your message in the email body
Keep the message short to fit SMS limits
Leave the subject line blank if possible
Send the email
Wait for the message to arrive as a text on the phone
Use the recipient’s MMS gateway instead if you want to send longer messages or media
Check the carrier’s supported email-to-text gateway address if delivery fails