Sending via Email2SMS
The steps to send SMS via email are the same as sending a normal email:
- Open your Email Client (Outlook, Gmail, Thunderbird, Hotmail etc).
- Enter the Recipient Addresses, eg: 642715414141@bulletinmessenger.net, or bobs-alias@bulletinmessenger.net in the space provided.
- Enter the Subject of the Email (or leave blank).
- Write your Message.
- Send the Email.
Warning
By default only the first 160 characters of the subject plus the message will be sent to the mobile device so get to the point quickly. Alternatively you can change your Messenger settings to that upto 459 latin characters can be sent. To avoid sending irrelevant content you can also set a signature separator string that will force trailing content to be removed from the email when converted to SMS.
Using smiley faces in your email may result in truncated messages or excess message fees due to the way Outlook sends this emoticon and how it is received by Bulletin.
A “long” SMS is formed from several standard SMS containing a 7 byte concatenation header at the beginning of each one. Since this 7 byte header is within the message, it reduces the size of each partial SMS to 153 characters. This means 2 part messages are 306 characters long (153 x2) and 3 part message can be up to 459 characters long.
With this system, the SMS recipient may not know who sent the message so it is suggested that you add your name and a contact number so you can be contacted if required (replies by SMS will go back to your email address but the person will not be able to call the number that the SMS appears to come from).
With group emails, it is suggested that Messenger addresses be entered in the BCC field. This will stop other recipients from attempting to send email messages to addresses they may not have access to.