How to Send Free SMS to any Mobile Phone using Yahoo! Mail

by Vineet Sharma on February 5, 2010

in Tips and Tricks,yahoo




Now you can send free SMS messages to any mobile phone right from the new Yahoo! Mail interface. The only prerequisite is a Yahoo Mail account, which is free, you can register for a new account anytime.

This trick makes use of the new Yahoo Mail interface. So the first step is to switch from Yahoo! Mail classic to the new Yahoo! Mail. To switch over click Try the new Yahoo! Mail link on the right side.

How to Send Free SMS to any Mobile Phone using Yahoo! Mail (1)

Once you are in the new Yahoo Interface press t on the keyboard or goto New and select Text Message(SMS).

How to Send Free SMS to any Mobile Phone using Yahoo! Mail (2)

In the text box insert the recipient’s mobile number without the country code and press Enter.

How to Send Free SMS to any Mobile Phone using Yahoo! Mail (3)

Write the message (141 characters long) and press Enter. The message will be send to the recipient in under a minute.

This trick has been tested to work in the following countries – USA, Canada, India, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.

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1 thanh June 20, 2010 at 3:14 pm

i got a question: how do I send SMS to vietnam. i tried to use the whole number but it doesn’t work.

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