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Turn any email into a text alert.

Send alerts from your servers, devices, and apps straight to your phone. No APIs or code required.

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U.S. & Canada only · Built for alerts, not marketing

Works with anything that sends email

  • Tridium Niagara
  • Synology
  • Zabbix
  • PRTG
  • Datto RMM
  • Trane Tracer
  • Siemens S7
  • Veeder-Root
  • Prometheus
  • UptimeRobot
  • SCADA
  • Allen-Bradley PLC

Set up text alerts in three steps. No code, no new software.

  1. STEP 1

    Create an account

    Sign up with Google, Microsoft, or email.

  2. STEP 2

    Get your private address

    Any phone number at your own subdomain.

    4155550198@acme.text.email
  3. STEP 3

    Use it in your alert system

    Paste it where your system already sends alert emails.

Replace your old email‑to‑text gateway.

Keep your existing email alerts. Just change the destination address.

"No new API needed, no new software installations. All that is needed is for us to change the email address we send to!"
Brian Harrison · text.email customer
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The old address 5551234567@vtext.com is replaced by 5551234567@acme.text.email in a building controller's alarm settings.

One email. The right people get the alert.

Send an alert to your team with one email. Distribution lists notify multiple people, while scheduled routing only texts those on shift.

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One email to oncall@acme.text.email texts Dana and Marcus, who are on shift, and skips Elena, who is off shift.

Critical alerts repeat until someone answers.

Each alert gets an ACK code. Reminders stop the moment someone replies with it.

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A critical alert asks for ACK 48271. Nobody answers, so a reminder follows five minutes later. Dana replies ACK 48271 at 2:21 AM, the alert is acknowledged, and no further reminders are sent.

Built for alerts, not marketing.

More than email-to-text. Route alerts to the right people, get acknowledgments, handle replies, and control how messages are delivered.

One email. Multiple recipients.

Send to a list address and each person gets their own text. Lists hold up to 200 people.

Text whoever is on shift.

Give each list member a schedule and time zone. Alerts skip anyone who's off.

Keep reminding until someone acknowledges.

Set how often to repeat. Reminders stop when someone replies with the ACK code, or after 12 hours at most.

Remove signatures and email clutter.

Choose which parts of the email become the text: subject, body, sender, or your own format.

Turn long emails into short alerts.

Add {aisummary} to your SMS format and the text is written for you, up to 154 characters.

Open attached files from a text.

Attachments arrive as a short link in the SMS, so voicemails, PDFs, and logs open in the browser. Turn it on in settings.

Receive images and audio as MMS.

Camera snapshots and voice clips land right in the text conversation, not as a link.

Paid plans · 10¢ extra per MMS

Get SMS replies back by email.

Replies arrive with the sender's number in the subject. Answer the email to text them back.

Reply-enabled accounts (888 number)

See what was sent, and to whom.

Every text shows the recipient, time, and delivery status.

Only accept alerts from your systems.

List the addresses or domains allowed to send. Email from anyone else is rejected.

Keep stored messages encrypted.

Your SMS history is encrypted before it's stored, and only your passphrase decrypts it. Texts still deliver as normal SMS.

Trusted and paid accounts

Carrier registration, handled for you.

text.email handles A2P 10DLC registration and STOP and HELP replies, so there's no registration process on your side. How 10DLC works

Reach iPhones as iMessage, too.

Add an "i" before .text.email and the alert arrives as an iMessage. It can also reach numbers outside the U.S. and Canada when you include the country code.

Recipients need iMessage turned on. Your regular address keeps sending SMS.

Made for anything that sends email.

From server failures to building alarms, see how teams use text.email to stay informed.

Know the moment something breaks.

Host, server, and service-health alerts, plus failed backups, cron jobs, and app errors.

Examples
DOWN: api.acme.comHTTPS check failed 3 times in a row.

What our customers say

"It's easy to set up, which is great. I will recommend it to our customers for email-to-SMS."
Melissa TeBockhorstEngineering Technician, LONG Building Technologies
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"This is a great service that works very well for my business needs. Easy to setup and very reliable. Thanks!"
Thomas ThorntonTrustpilot, Sep 2026
"So we're getting text messages from our website for reservations just like clockwork."
Eric PostOwner, Bann Thai Asian Tucson
"The product is very simple and easy to use. Initial setup is easy and simple."
Warren KaneCEO, B2X Online
"I use your email-to-SMS service with Netlify so I can respond to leads faster. I think your service works great!"
Skyler WhiteEmail to our team
★★★★★Trustpilot
"Now that I'm back online I've been very pleased with the service and the alerts always send instantly to my cell."
Action JacksonTrustpilot, Jul 2026

Send yourself a test text.

  1. Enter your mobile number.
  2. Copy the email address it makes.
  3. Email a short test alert to it, from any app.
  4. Get a text on your phone.
"The trial text is brilliant. That is what sold me."
Scott Wall, text.email customer
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10 digits. Outside the U.S. and Canada? Use your full number with country code @i.text.email for iMessage.

Test messages may appear in the public demo feed. Registered accounts use private addresses.

your-number@text.email
Open my email app

No email app on this device? Send from Gmail, Outlook, or your monitoring tool instead. Free tests are limited and can take a little longer than account texts. If yours bounces, create an account and send it from there.

Choose a plan that fits your needs.

Monthly and annual plans for regular alerts. Pay-as-you-go for occasional use.

Monthly
For regular alerts
$20per month
Billed monthly. Cancel anytime.
  • 200 texts included each month
  • 5¢ per text after that
  • Delivery tracking and logs
Create account to subscribe
Annual Save $40 a year
For alerts all year
$200per year
Billed yearly. Works out to $16.67 a month.
  • 200 texts included each month
  • 5¢ per text after that
  • Delivery tracking and logs
Create account to subscribe
Low Use
For occasional alerts
$30per 100 texts
Pay as you go. No subscription.
  • Credits never expire
  • Another 100 added for $30 when you run out
  • Delivery tracking and logs
Create account to buy credits

How billing works

  • Each recipient counts as one text. A long message that splits into several SMS segments counts as several.
  • MMS images and audio cost 10¢ extra each, on paid plans.
  • Monthly and Annual include 200 texts each month. Low Use credits carry over until used.
  • SMS goes to U.S. and Canadian numbers, for alerts and notifications only.

Higher volume or need a purchase order? Talk to us. Full details on the pricing page.

Questions, answered.

More detail in the technical FAQ, or ask the founder directly. Replies usually come within a few hours.

Ready to turn your email alerts into texts?

Create your account, test it with your own alerts, then choose a plan.

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