allow you to send texts to their customers via email. That’s why we’ve included this section to answer more of your most frequently asked questions. With today’s technology you’d think texting with a computer would be simple.
You can also text people who are not contacts by using the dialer. Add the mobile number if you need to, or otherwise, select a contact, type your message, and hit Send. Then in the main window where you add your message, select Skype where it says ‘via Skype’ and change it to SMS. Otherwise, verify your cell number on Skype and add a payment method. If you do that, any SMS you receive will appear on your phone and not on Skype so you may not actually want to do that. They don't make any money from providing the service so have no incentive to make it reliable.You also need to configure a Sender ID to make it look like you are sending from your cellphone if you want that feature. Another problem I had was that the service provider's SMS to eMail program was not very reliable, messages could take a long time to get forwarded - or just lost.
There may be a problem that the service provider requires the number to be active, I had a pre-pay SIM that lapsed if no credit used for 6 months. Your friend's phone number has to be registered with the service, then any text he sends to a one of ipipi's global network of gateway numbers generates an email to you.Or what about the option of getting a cheap prepay SIM and a super-cheap basic cellphone (I got one new for £10), set up the SMS to mail service most operators provide, then you can forget about the phone itself.
One solution would be to get a virtual SMS number - google for "virtual sms number" should find plenty of providers - don't know about cost.Another approach, depending on what you need, is offered here. I'm not sure anyone has read the question:"Is it possible to *receive* a text message via email *without a cell phone*?I want to be able to receive a text message and have it be sent to my email."I read that to mean he's *not got a cellphone* and he wants someone with a cellphone to be able to use SMS to send him a (short) email.As far as I can see that implies a need to have a cellphone number for them to address the SMS message to.
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