HOW TO RECEIVE EMAIL MESSAGES ON PHONE AS SMS/ TEXT MESSAGES

Here is a new feature on Gmail that
let it users use email on any mobile
phone without internet connection.
With this
feature, you can receive, reply and
send emails as SMS messages,
regardless of whether you have a data
bundle connection like GPRS, EDGE,
WiFi or 3G.
This means that even if your phone
can not browse the internet, you can
still access your email messages
using this
SMS features on Gmail.
This is tagged
#226;Here is a new feature on Gmail
that let it users use email on any
mobile phone without internet
connection. With this feature, you can
receive, reply and send
emails as SMS messages, regardless
of whether you have a data bundle
connection like GPRS, EDGE, WiFi or
3G.
This means that even if your phone
can not browse the internet, you can
still access your email messages
using this
SMS features on Gmail. This is
tagged  Gmail Without
Internet Connection
This feature is currenctly only
available
to those in europe,Nigeria, Ghana and
Kenya.
Other African countries will still be
added in future, according to Gmail.
How to Get Started
Heres how to start using
Gmail SMS on
your phone:
1. Go to Gmail.com and login. If you
don't have an account,pls register.
2. Click your profile photo at the top
of any Gmail page and click Account.
3.Click Open SMS settings
in the Phone and SMS"
section.
4. Add or edit your phone number to
receive Gmail to that number.
5. Verify your phone number by
entering the verification code that we
sent as SMS to your phone.
6. Check the box for email
forwarding to your
phone.
Once you start Gmail SMS, you can
also reply to emails and compose new
emails as SMS
Here are a few details about this
feature:
Receiving email: Gmail SMS is based
on a
credit system. Receiving email is free,
starting with a 30 email credit.
Every time you reply to an email by
SMS, send a
command (e.g. MORE, HELP) or
compose a new email, you get 7 more
free emails.
Gmail SMS will notify you if your
credit is close to 0
Mobile operator charges:
Receiving SMS is free of charge, but
network
providers may charge for every SMS
sent from your phone, be it a reply or
any command Mobile operators
supported are:
Nigeria
Airtel, Etisalat, Glo, MTN,
Starcomms, and Visafone
Viewing Your Gmail SMS Messages
Heres what youll
see when you open a Gmail SMS on
your cell phone:

1.  indicating
this SMS is from Gmail

2. Email address of the
sender

3. Subject of the email

4. Additional text from
the body of the email,
up to the maximum SMS length
delivered by your mobile operator
Heres an example:
g:bestexamportal@ gmail.com: then
u'l recieve this text Your application
Hi bestexamportal"s, we would like to
invite
you�
To see more of the email, reply with
MORE, M, or and you'll then
receive an additional SMS with more
text from the email. You can reply
with these commands as many times
as you like until
you reach the end of the message.
Each Gmail SMS you reply to with
MORE, M, or will be marked as read
in your Gmail inbox.
Replying to Gmail SMS messages You
can respond to an email by replying
directly to the SMS from your cell
phone.
Gmail will add your respond as an
email in the appropriate conversation
thread.
When you reply, the original message
will be marked as read in your Gmail
inbox.
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