How to Test Your SMS

1. Use a free online text message site such as SMSEverywhere, Mobile-Sender or SendSNSNow (see Resources). Use one of these sites to send a text message to your phone by typing in your cellphone number (check its directions for how to format it), selecting your carrier, then typing in your message. The text message should not take too long to arrive to your phone, and your phone should notify you when it is received.
2. Send a text message to an email address. Start to send a new text message, but instead of typing in a number or selecting one of your contacts, use your keypad to type in an email address. (As this is for testing purposes, select one of your own.) Type in your message, then send it. Access your email to see if it worked. It may take a few minutes for the message to arrive.
3. Ask a friend to use their phone or to send you a text message. It generally does not matter what carrier either of you are using, nor what texting plan you have (unless one of you has run out of text messages). If and when you receive their message, send a reply text to make sure that sending works as well.

How to Send a Free SMS to Mulitple Recipients

1. Log into your email account using your login name and password.
2. Click 'Write New Email.' Place the cursor into the 'To' box.
3. Enter each recipient's cellphone's email address, which would be the 10-digit cell number and the cellphone's provider's email extension. For example, if one recipient's provider is Alltel, you would enter number@message.alltel.com as the email address. See the Resource section for a list of cellphone providers and how to format the email addresses correctly to ensure delivery of the message. Place a comma after each email address.
4. Enter your message into the body of the email in the provided box. Press 'Send' when finished.

How to Send Free Text Messages to US Cellular Phones

1. Find a free text messaging service online such as smseverywhere.com, txt2day.com, and textforfree.com.
2. Go to the site you've chosen and enter the 10-digit phone number of the person you want to text message.
3. Choose that person's mobile phone provider.
4. Write the text message and the subject and click 'Send.' There is no charge and you can send unlimited text messages.

How to Send SMS in Telenor

1. Go to the 'Telenor Talkshawk Web 2 SMS' Web page.
2. Enter a screen name of up to 10 alphanumeric characters in the blank next to 'Nick.'
3. Enter the recipient's Telenor phone number in the blank next to 'Telenor.'
4. Type a message of up to 143 characters in the field with the 'Please enter your message here' label.
5. Click the 'Send' button. The recipient will be notified of the Web 2 SMS request and upon approval your message will be sent. If the recipient refuses the request, they will not receive your SMS.

How to Send a Long SMS

1. On your phone's menu (typically the 'Messages' menu), click 'Options.' Navigate to the SMS text options and enter the 'Preferences' menu to change settings.
2. Look for 'auto more' or an option which allows automatic expansion of the text message word limit. Click 'Enable' and save your settings. Keep in mind that you will be charged per page, as a long message uses multiple pages and sends one page per message.
3. Enter your 'Compose SMS Text' menu and begin texting. After your word limit, you should be able to keep typing a long message. Note that the page number will change from one to two as you cross the word limit, and so on for additional pages.

How to Send a Free Text to a Cricket Phone

1. Launch your Internet browser and navigate to a site such as OnlineTextMessage.com or SendaTextOnline.com. These are two different sites that allow you to send a text message to a Cricket cell phone for free.
2. Type in the mobile number for the cricket phone you want to send the free text to.
3. Fill in your email in the requested email form (a message is sent to you stating the text has been sent).
4. Fill in the subject matter for the text, then select 'Cricket' as the carrier. Type in your message (depending on the site you are using you have a limited text size of between 100 and 150 characters).
5. Click 'Send Message' and the free text message is sent to the Cricket phone.

How to Send Free Text Messages Online in Australia

1. Navigate to a website that offers free SMS service, such as smsfree4all.com or Send-SMS-Now.com. Select 'Australia' from the available countries listed.
2. Type the phone number of the SMS recipient in the 'To' box.
3. Type your phone number in the 'From' box. On some websites, you may not be required to type your phone number.
4. Type your SMS in the 'Message' box.
5. Type the verification code as shown in the verification image in the verification text box. Not all websites ask for the verification code.
6. Click the 'Send'/'Send SMS' button.