SMS to Email && Email to SMS

In this fastest world, people probably have no time to checkout there emails, only peoples with the Blackberry and good mobile can update the emails. If the emails can be received as sms, then this can serve us in many purpose like
>>>sending error and system reports automatically
>>>getting alert sms when monitoring servers
>>>updating collegues and friends on day to day event
>>>Getting alert sms for many things like birthdays etc
However sms makes our life easier.

Email 2 SMS
How to do this??

• This can be done by forwarding the email using the forwarding options in the settings of email account to the email to sms gateway

• The gateway does the function of converting the email to sms.

• For this the gateway must understand the email so the email should be in an definite format to forward it as sms

• For example the to send an sms to a number 9940321033 it should be in a format like this

<+9199403210.usename@smsgatewaydomain.com>

SMS 2 Email

• This can be used for many purpose, consider this case some one some sales person wants to report his sales volume everyhour.
  
• You can get customer feedback using an sms. Wow For a good company this will do a great feedback as they are direct to customers.

How to do this??

• This can be done by getting a number from the service provider or using there gateway number, eg +919848356765
• If you are using the common gateway u must use a keyword, which is used to identify the user sending the sms
• Let the keyword be HACKER. The keyword space message ie"HACKER Message....." when sent to the gateway number +919848356765 will forward the sms from persons to a configured mail address of the email to sms service provider.

SMS 2 API

• SMS to Application Programming interface is also possible.

Top sites in this domain

1. clickatell
2. vfirst
3. smscountry

Kindly Update me if there is some more good sites