You've likely encountered SMS messages, even if you didn't know it. Here's how they work—and why scammers love them.

There is nothing special in sending a text link via SMS. You can use the in-built Messages app on your mobile to send the link. However, if you want to send the same from your Windows 11 computer ...

We'll cover that in the next section; for now, though, the quickest way to get started sending SMS messages via email is just to use your normal mail app and the appropriate gateway addresses.

With this setting toggled off, users still have the option of using SMS as a fallback when an iMessage fails to send, just long press on the failed message for the option. When messaging anyone ...

The difference? Green messages are ordinary SMS text messages, while blue messages are using Apple's proprietary iMessage format. If you're used to seeing blue iMessage text bubbles but they are ...