Email Text Alerts

For those of us with 'simple' or non-smart phones checking our email may not be all that simple. But now with this little trick we can know the instant we receive that all important email.

Step 1 Get your Phone's Email

First we need to find out your phone's email address. 
The email will be your phone number @ your carriers email service.
Find your carrier and the email at one of the links below and send a test email to your phone.

 NOTE: the email must be sent in plain text 

[e-mail]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SMS_gateways
http://www.notepage.net/smtp.htm