Use Outlook to send e-mail to a cell phone

Outlook can call your cell phone! Now, you might wonder why you’d bother, but it’s a convenient way to send phone numbers, short messages, reminders, and other important stuff to your cell phone so you can store it or share it. For instance, you might send a new client’s phone number and address to your cell phone, just in case you get lost or stuck in traffic.

Of course, you don’t have to use Outlook to send e-mail to just your own cell phone. You can send e-mail to anybody, as long as their cell phone supports Short Message Service (SMS). Fortunately, it’s a truly simple process:

1. Create a new e-mail message.
   
   
2. In the To text box, enter the cell phone number using the following syntax: 10-digit-number@carrierdomain.com
   
   
3. Create a message of 160 characters or less. Or attach a .jpg file, if the cell phone is also a camera phone.
   
   
4. Send the e-mail.