Text messages can be sent to a Cingular phone from a computer by using your email account. It costs you nothing to send an email to a Cingular phone and the person can even respond to your emails. These responses will appear inside of your email's inbox. Due to Cingular merging with AT&T Wireless in 2007, there are two different email addresses for Cingular phones. Which address you use will depend on the person you are messaging.
Step 1
Sign into your email account. You can use either a work or personal email account in order to email a Cingular phone.
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Step 2
Click inside the "To" (the recipient's) address box on the email page.
Step 3
Type the Cingular phone number into the "To" box. The numbers should all run together without any dashes or spaces (i.e. 3233233232).
Step 4
Enter the address "@cingularme.com" or "@txt.att.net" directly after the Cingular phone number (i.e. "[email protected]"). If the Cingular customer has not updated his phone or service since Cingular changed its name to AT&T Wireless, use the "@cingularme.com" address. Otherwise, use the "@txt.att.net" address.
Step 5
Click inside the "Message" or "Compose" box.
Step 6
Type in the message you wish to send to the Cingular phone.
Step 7
Click "Send." The email will be sent to the Cingular phone.
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