Vgyan.comFree Email alerts via SMS
Posted by Goutam Mandal on October 29, 2009
At some point of time or the other everyone of us have come to a situation when we eagerly wait for an email. For that we have to stay online and repeatedly check the inbox for any new mail. Now wouldn’t it be great if we would be notified by SMS when a new mail arrives in our inbox? Yahoo provides mail alert via SMS but that’s a paid service and no one will definitely like to be charged for receiving mail alerts about some advertisements that are of no use to us.
So here is a great site that provides mail notification by SMS for almost any email provider free of cost!
Way2SMS, an ad supported site can satisfy all your communication needs at a single place.
Features of Way2SMS:
- Send SMS upto 140 characters long to any mobile number in India including the new series of mobile numbers starting with ’8′.
- Gives a free way2sms.com email id.
- Access Yahoo and Gmail mail account along with chat simultaneously.
- Receive mail alerts on your mobile number instantly for the way2sms.com ID. You can also receive mail alerts for your any other mail account about which we will discuss a little later.
- Change your registered mobile number in easy steps without opening a new account. So there is no chance of losing your personalised settings.
Now let’s come to the main point of activating the mail alerts for your Gmail/Yahoo or any other mail account.
Step 1 : Open a new account with Way2SMS by register your mobile number
Step 2 : Verify the mobile number by entering the 4 – digit code that you receive via SMS
Step 3 : Make a Way2SMS mail id
Step 4 : Link your regular Yahoo/Gmail account wits Way2SMS mail account
- Login to your Gmail/Yahoo Mail Account
- Go to the Settings
- Browse a little for Mail Forwarding option
- Forward all your mails to your Way2SMS mail ID keeping a copy of the incoming mail in the inbox
Step 5 : Come back to Way2SMS and click on Mail Alerts present at the top of the homepage
Step 6 : Click on the Activate button and you will see the following screen
Step 7 : Almost all the options are self – explanatory. Make the necessary changes and click on Save & Activate
Congrats! You are done setting up your Mail Alerts via SMS for free.
But remeber you have to reactivate this service after every 14 days. This ensures Way2SMS that you visit their site at least twice a month and earn them some revenue from the ads.
anu said
acha tha.
Goutam Mandal said
thnx
Whoopi J. Moses said
Hi. That is a wonderful post. Looks good to me. e-mail is a recognized means of communication. I prefer Outlook as my email client and with the help of Email Sorter Wizard, an Outlook add-on, I get all my e-mail filed. I was actually sent the link by a friend. Thanks.
atics said
is it free ?
Goutam Mandal said
Yes, absolutely free. You need not pay a penny for it. Its actually an ad supported service. So they generate enough revenue by themselves.
aman said
Sab bakwaas ! ek bhi SMS nahi aya !
Goutam Mandal said
Buddy…. I think you should try sending a SMS from Way2SMS to your number so as to confirm that Way2SMS can successfully deliver SMS from their server to your mobile. It may also be a temporary problem with Way2SMS and this technique works with me and many of my friends….
Optionally if you are a Tata-Docomo/ Tata-Indicom/Reliance subscriber, then you can go for their Push for all Mail service which comes at a very affordable rate. It sends entire Email as SMS and you can also reply to it and compose new Emails even on a 10 yr old Nokia 1100…
bola said
why doesnt this service extend to Nigeria?
Goutam Mandal said
Sorry… I cant say whether way2sms works in Nigeria… Try searching a similar site for your country…
Ash said
u can also try http://www.weekwill.com
OlegT said
It offered another way to receive sms for new mail:
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=2082592#post16150971
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