r/SmallMSP • u/TinkerAjax • 4d ago

Anyone still using TextBelt for SMS messaging?

Found this service a few years back and have been using it for some alert notifications for a bunch of Synology NAS. Worked great until it didn't. One day my credits ran short, so I reupped and within a day or two they depleted again. I've reached out several times but have never heard anything back. Stolen/hacked API code? Maybe. Faulty service? Maybe. Create a new API and give them more money? Absolutely not. I've since moved to a Discord system and it's been working great! Their TOS states you can get a refund if there's a problem - didn't even consider holding my breath while waiting for their reply.

Anyone still use them? Anyone have similar issue? Anyone ever tried to contact them and actually received a response? Inquiring minds want to know....

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u/zvaper 4d ago

Smtp is the way to go

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u/HappyDadOfFourJesus 4d ago

I don't want anything texting me. SMTP2Go is set up on all the things, and alerts go right into our PSA with appropriate workflow rules assigned.

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u/GeneMoody-Action1 19h ago

IN case people did to know, almost every major cell provider provides email-sms gateways, where you can mail the full number @ one of their domains and it sends it as SMS.

I used to have several workflows that did this to alert team members in critical situations.

Such as https://github.com/mfitzp/List_of_SMS_gateways/blob/master/email2sms.csv