People love to send messages to one another. Estimates put the number of text messages sent at more than 6 billion each day, which is pretty close to one message for every person on the planet. Not to be outdone, more than 200 billion emails make the rounds each day, which is the equivalent of almost 30 emails per person. Although emails and SMS instant messaging are different ways of sending text and they rely on different communications protocols, you can use your email program to send a text message to a Verizon phone number or to the phones of people using other phone companies for their service.
Use Verizon's vtext protocol to send a message to someone with Verizon phone service. Simply use the recipient's phone number as the email address, and append @vtext.com to the number. Don't include dashes in the number. For example, to email a text message to the phone number 555-987-1234, the email address would be: 5559871234@vtext.com
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