April 28, 2003

Yahoo offers SMS alerts for important e-mail

maillogin.gifYahoo UK will be launching in May, a pay-for-text alert service in support of it's free e-mail service, to inform users when important messages arrive. Users will be able to create keywords or specify which senders are important in incoming mail, which in turn will trigger an SMS alert. According to vnunet, Yahoo recently launched a service that allows users to send SMS from their email account and receive replies in email form.

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