{"id":1656,"date":"2015-08-05T12:37:13","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T12:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firetext.wpengine.com\/?p=1656"},"modified":"2023-02-10T15:46:01","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T15:46:01","slug":"sending-sms-messages-from-your-email-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/sending-sms-messages-from-your-email-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Sending SMS Messages From Your Email"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With FireText you can send instant SMS text messages via your existing email account. You can receive SMS messages into your inbox too.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This can be really handy if you have multiple users of the account. There\u2019s no need to have everyone logged in and they don\u2019t even need to learn any software.<\/p>\n<p>Simply compose an email in the usual manner and send it to the FireText <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/sms-marketing-features\/email-to-sms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">email to SMS<\/a> address.<\/p>\n<p>e.g. 07123456789@sms.firetext.co.uk<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/emailsms1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1645 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/emailsms1.png\" alt=\"emailsms1\" width=\"700\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/emailsms1.png 700w, https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/emailsms1-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instantly your email is converted and sent as a text message to your customer and they can reply back by text if you\u2019re sending from your dedicated reply number.<\/p>\n<p>Setting the senderID is easy, just pop it in the subject box, this can be your FireText number if you want to receive replies, or your business name \u2013 up to 11 characters.<\/p>\n<p>You can control where your text message content ends by adding two hyphens (&#8211;). This stops you from sending your complete email trail or unwanted email signature. You\u2019ll need to keep an eye on length of your message \u2013 remember one SMS credit is a maximum of 160 characters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/emailsms2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1646 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/emailsms2.png\" alt=\"emailsms2\" width=\"700\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/emailsms2.png 700w, https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/emailsms2-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It takes no longer to compose than a normal email or text message and you can even forward SMS replies straight back to your email inbox so everything can be managed in one place.<\/p>\n<p>Why not try it for yourself!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With FireText you can send instant SMS text messages via your existing email account. 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