
130 GOOGLE APPS HACKS
The Wikipedia page on SMS Gateways has a list for many major cellular carriers: http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_gateways. Here are a few. Be sure to double check your carrier’s web
site or contact tech support, because this information is subject to change:
AT&T Wireless: number@txt.att.net
Fido: number@do.ca
Rogers: number@pcs.rogers.com
Sprint: number@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Sprint Nextel: number@page.nextel.com
T-Mobile USA: number@tmomail.net
Verizon Wireless: number@vtext.com
Approve the dialog by hitting the Create Filter button, and your phone is ready to receive those
Example.org server status alerts! Each alert that’s being sent will additionally be archived in Gmail
under the label “Sent to cellphone,” so you can nd it later if needed.
Step 2 of 2 in setting up a forward lter—your cellphone is now
ready to receive SMS alerts for specic emails
HaCK 53:
You think you have only a single Gmail email address? Not quite
true—you’ve got a nearly unlimited number already.
Gmail’s email address scheme is quite exible. Not only can you receive emails to both johndoe@
gmail.com and johndoe@googlemail.com, but you can also put a dot anywhere at all, or nowhere,
as in john.doe@gmail.com, j.ohndoe@gmail.com, or johndoe@gmail.com (well, if your name is
indeed John Doe, that is; please replace accordingly). As usual with ...