Sending E-mail to SMS

The WinSMS E-mail to SMS Gateway allows one to send e-mails which are then converted to SMS messages. 

Please note that the e-mail to SMS gateway should not be used for sending large batches of messages (greater than 1000 at a time).

If you need to send messages in bulk then please use the WinSMS Desktop Client Software or our online bulk SMS portal at WinSMS.mobi.

In order to use the E-mail to SMS gateway you must have an account with WinSMS. If you do not have an account, please click here to register.   

Authentication:

To be able to send SMS messages via e-mail (SMTP), you must first add your e-mail address to the authentication list in the WinSMS Client Zone. 

To do this, log into the Client Zone here and then click on "My Profile":

 

Click on the “Email to SMS” tab.

 

Click on the “Add Email Address” button.

 

Type in your e-mail address you are going to be sending messages from and click on “Send Security Code”

 

Click the "OK" button on the confirmation window that follows:

 

Find the e-mail with the security code that was sent to your e-mail address, enter the security code and click on "Add E-mail Address"

 

Click the "OK" button on the confirmation window that follows:

 

Click on the "OK" button at the bottom of the window and then click "OK" again in the confirmation window that pops up:

 

A pop-up box will confirm that your profile settings were updated. Click on "OK" to close the window:

 

Congratulations, you have now added your e-mail address to the authentication list in the WinSMS Client Zone. 

Sending E-mail to SMS: 

When sending out an E-mail to SMS, depending on which e-mail provider you make use of, you can either click on ‘Compose’ or ‘New E-mail’. 

 

On the next step, type the cellnumber@winsms.net into the To: field. You can send to multiple recipients by using a semicolon (;) as a separator.

The subject field is not required. You can leave it blank or you can use it for a message reference.

Type your SMS message in the body of the email. The gateway will send the first 160 characters of the e-mail as the SMS message, but if you have enabled long messages under "My Profile" in the Client Zone, it will send the first 918 characters of the e-mail (considering the symbols that count as 2 characters. For more information on symbols that count as 2 characters, click here.). Click here to learn how to enable long message support, which will send 918 characters of the e-mail.

Once you are satisfied with the message you are wanting to send out, click on the "Send" button.

Congratulations! You have just sent an E-mail to SMS. 

Scheduling:

If you want to schedule the message for later delivery, include the date/time in the subject line in the following format:

Subject: YYYYMMDDHHMM

YYYYMMDDHHMM represents the date and the time the message should be sent, for example:

Subject: 202211271500

In this example the message will be scheduled for 27 November 2022 at 15:00 (3pm).

The gateway will send the first 160 characters of the e-mail as the SMS message, but if you have enabled long messages under "My Profile" in the Client Zone, it will send the first 918 characters of the e-mail (taking into account the symbols that count as 2 characters. For more information on symbols that count as 2 characters, click here.). 

To view or download your logs of sent messages just login to the Client Zone here and go to "Logs". 

Don't have a WinSMS account yet? Register your free trial account here.

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