How Do You Text an AT&T Phone Online?

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Texting an AT&T cell phone can allow you to get in touch with an individual without needing to place a call. This can be very convenient if one of you cannot currently talk on the phone or if you simply need to ask a simple question. Depending on your cell phone plan, sending a text message to an AT&T cell phone may cost you money. Sending an AT&T cell phone a text message using your email address will let you send free text messages.

Things You'll Need

• Email account

Instructions

1. Sign into your email account. Any work or personal email account can be used to text an AT&T phone.

2. Click on the "To" or "Recipient" text box. This box is where you would normally add an email address if you were sending a standard email message.

3. Type in the AT&T phone number that you want to text. No spaces or dash marks should be used when typing the number (i.e. "0110100010").

4. Enter the phrase "@txt.att.net" after the AT&T phone number. There should be no spaces between the phone number and the AT&T address (i.e. " [e-mail]").

5. Click inside the "Compose" or "Message" text box. This box is where you would normally type a message if sending a standard email.

6. Type in the text message that you wish to send to an AT&T cell phone.

7. Click "Send" when you're done typing in message. The AT&T phone will receive the text message from your email account.

Tips & Warnings

• Text messages that are more than 160 characters in length and sent to an AT&T phone will be sent as two or more text messages.

References

• AT&T Wireless: Mobile Email FAQ