On mobile phones and smartphones such as Blackberries, iPhones and Android phones you can configure the "push" reception of emails in order to receive them in real time, with direct notification on the screen. Push notifications, however, are only available if the mobile phone is connected to the internet, with data connection or in Wifi.
Using Gmail, on the other hand, it is possible to receive the most important emails such as normal SMS, which arrive to any mobile phone, free of charge, without it being connected to the internet.
Therefore, if you plan to receive urgent emails or to have the notification of new e-mail messages on Gmail, you can follow this guide to configure the free reception of the emails sent to your Gmail account, via SMS .
For the trick to work, you need to sign in to Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Docs.
1) In Gmail, enter the settings by clicking the wheel at the top right, and go to the tab of the labels .
Then create a new label with the name Send text .
Then go to the Filters tab and create a new filter by entering which type of messages you want to receive also via SMS (for example if sent from a particular mail address or if it contains a specific word).
The Send text label must be automatically applied to all messages that meet the indicated criteria.
Test the filter by sending a message from another mailbox according to the specified rule and, in case of difficulty, read the guide on Email filters in Gmail
2) Enter Google Docs and create a new Worksheet .
Once the empty table is open, go to Tools from the top bar and click on Script Editor .
The script to use is the following:
function sendText () {After saving the script, press Run on the top bar and give the permissions.
var label = GmailApp.getUserLabelByName ('Send SMS');
var threads = label.getThreads ();
var now = new Date (). getTime ();
for (i in threads) {
CalendarApp.createEvent (threads [i] .getFirstMessageSubject ()
new Date (now + 60000),
new Date (now + 60000)). addSmsReminder (0);
}
label.removeFromThreads (threads);
}
Click on Resources above and then on Trigger of the Current script . In the columns, choose Send Text, Time Driven, Minutes Timer, Every X Minutes . In this trigger you configure how often the script must check that there are new emails to send as SMS to the mobile phone, therefore, depending on the urgency, you can put a check every 5 minutes or even every hour. Before closing, click Run at the top.
UPDATE: The Gmail SMS alerts Script has become an extension for Google Chrome that makes everything easier. Just install the extension and then use the button in Gmail to receive notification via SMS on your number when the reply to our message arrives .
Try now to receive an email that responds to the filter specified in point 1 and receive the SMS from Google notifying you of the new incoming Email .
The script, personally tested in 2012 (today I don't know if it still works), works very well and the SMS message shows the subject or header of the Mail and not, of course, the body of the mail message.
If it doesn't work or you find it difficult, alternatively, you can connect Gmail to the SMS service of your mobile phone using a simple automatic application called IFTTT for Android and also available for iPhone.
