Limitations on SMS messages sent using free email->SMS gateways

Question

Many cell (mobile) phone providers in the USA have an email gateway for SMS that allows anyone to send an email that will in turn send a text message. For example, to send a

Answer 1

You might also like to consider the skype route which has the advantage that you can use it how and when you like and its completey under your control - email to sms But I have to admit that I use a third party email to sms gateway and it works fine but its has limitations on what email addresses can be converted to sms i.e. they have to be sent to the companies SMTP server using a supplied email address