To send an email to a Cricket wireless phone number as a text message, you need to know the phone number and the domain name for Cricket's messaging service.
a. The Cricket messaging domain is mms.cricketwireless.net for MMS messages and sms.cricketwireless.net for SMS messages.
b. To send a text message to a Cricket phone number via email, follow these steps:
c. Open your email client or website and create a new email message.
d. In the "To" field, enter the recipient's phone number followed by the Cricket messaging domain. For example, if the recipient's phone number is 555-123-4567, the email address would be 5551234567@sms.cricketwireless.net.
e.
In the message body, type your text message.
Click "Send" to send the email.
The recipient will receive your message as a text message on their phone.
2. Send Text from Email Using Software like PageGate or NotePager Pro
a. Confirm that the individual you are sending to has their wireless service with Cricket
b. Setup Cricket as a carrier and setting the delivery method as SMTP (email delivery). This video tutorial will walk you through the process.
c. Send the message using the normal means in the software, the message will be transmitted to the carrier using Email.
The recipient will receive your message as a text message on their phone.