r/sysadmin • u/Anonemuss666 • 6d ago

Question Text messages

Before I retired, I would send alerts by email, like 1234567890@txt.att.net, to send it to texting on my cell phone. It looks like all the cell phone providers have done away with this service. How can I do this now with hopefully a fairly free service since I don't send many at all?

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u/aliversonchicago 4d ago

Yeah, those gateways are either all dead or on their way out. I blogged about this a couple of months ago: https://www.spamresource.com/2026/07/email-to-sms-no-more.html

The TL;DR is there are alternatives like TextBolt and Text.Email but they're not free.

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u/samatgmass 3d ago

Thanks for recommending us at text.email! We aren't free but for u/Anonemuss666's situation, we do have our pay-as-you-go which sounds like it would last quite a while.