If we know someones phone number and the carrier
they are using, we can send text or regular email to it, using
whatever email client we are using in our personal computer. Where
we normally enter the email address, we have to enter the phone
number and the phone carrier in the following format:
phone#@carrier
The data is normally sent in one of two possible service formats;
SMS (Short Messaging Service), or MMS (Multimedia Messaging
Service). SMS handles short simple text messages and MMS handles
large messages that can include images (photos), emoticons, text
in different color and size, internet links, etc. I believe that
all MMS messages are sent in HTML format (Hyper Text Markup
Language) by the mail client.
The "@carrier" portion of the email address is different for SMS
and MMS except for T-mobil carrier.
Here are the carrier dependent address formats:
T-Mobil
Verizon
AT&T
SMS @tmomail.net
@vtext.com @text.att.net
MMS @tmomail.net
@vzwpix.com @mms.att.net
Example using fictitious phone #:
7549991111@tmomail.net
REFERENCES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_Messaging_Service
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML
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