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John Henderson wrote
> John Savage wrote

>> In the SEND TEXT options of the Nokia, I've never used the
>> SEND TEXT AS EMAIL option. I hesitate to try it in case I
>> get price shock in the next bill, and I've never seen anyone
>> talk about the facility. Is it functional on most networks?

> No, and certainly not operational in Australia.  I see that among
> the international implementations was "Vodafone:m@il", and it
> lasted only a few years.

> If you search for that, keep it in quotes to retain the
> significance of the ":" and "@" characters.

>> Can it be expected "to just work" out of the box, or does it need
>> to set up for the particular network or provider?

> Vodafone:m@il needed to be set up with a subscription paid
> for incoming email-to-SMS traffic.  The email address of the
> destination phone was <mobile-number>@vodafone.net>.

There were plenty that were free and needed no setup.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/email-to-sms/http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/email-to-sms/
What out, that url crashes IE8 spectacularly.

> A google search for "SMS to email" might find some operators
> still offering the service.


> There was one in the UK which was free in the SMS -> email
> direction, and I used them on a few occasions.  I've since lost
> the number, and they'd stick an advert for somebody into the
> email in lieu of its being user-pays.

> The text format was as per GSM 03.40:

> [<to-email-address><space>]<message>

>> Is it the same cost as a standard SMS? Always?
>> Does the email address get counted in the 160 chars?

> Yes and yes (at least in the case of the one-way service I used),
> bearing in mind that international SMSs are generally dearer
> than national these days.

>> Is delivery likely to be more reliable than sending the message as an
>> SMS to an overseas destination? I figure that once the message hits
>> the internet, it stands an excellent chance of being delivered,
>> whereas SMS seems to require a myriad of individual network
>> agreements and two-way SMS between specific phones is far from
>> guaranteed.

> Agreed.