Provider lookup using cellular phone

I am trying to add a simple confirmation system to my software that
can send automated text messages to a client's cell phone just using
their cell phone number. Do all the cell phone carriers support
sending text messages via an email account (i.e.
[email protected])?
If so it would seem that all my software would need to do is determine
the cell phone carrier from their number then lookup the email address
to use for that carrier and send the message. Is that all that would
be involved? If so, is it possible to determine the cell phone carrier
based on just the phone number? If not, how else would I go about
doing this?
Any info would be appreciated.

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[email protected] wrote:
> I am trying to add a simple confirmation system to my software that
> can send automated text messages to a client's cell phone just using
> their cell phone number. Do all the cell phone carriers support
> sending text messages via an email account (i.e.
> [email protected])?
> If so it would seem that all my software would need to do is determine
> the cell phone carrier from their number then lookup the email address
> to use for that carrier and send the message. Is that all that would
> be involved? If so, is it possible to determine the cell phone carrier
> based on just the phone number?

Not any more. Prior to portability, you could determine it. Probably
just send it to all carriers, it'll bounce from those that don't work,
but no biggie.

"SMS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> [email protected] wrote:
>> I am trying to add a simple confirmation system to my software that
>> can send automated text messages to a client's cell phone just using
>> their cell phone number. Do all the cell phone carriers support
>> sending text messages via an email account (i.e.
>> [email protected])?
>> If so it would seem that all my software would need to do is determine
>> the cell phone carrier from their number then lookup the email address
>> to use for that carrier and send the message. Is that all that would
>> be involved? If so, is it possible to determine the cell phone carrier
>> based on just the phone number?
>
> Not any more. Prior to portability, you could determine it. Probably just
> send it to all carriers, it'll bounce from those that don't work, but no
> biggie.

Don't encourage the SPAMMER peice of ****!