Email-to-SMS · Two-way · No code
Email to Text
If it can send an email, it can send a text.
TextBolt bridges email and SMS — in either direction. Send a text from your inbox and get replies back as email. Or pipe alerts from any system that already speaks email — server monitoring, alarm panels, IoT sensors, web forms, anything.
Trusted by 3000+ teams across hospitals, county IT, broadcast stations, medical clinics, and software ops.
Pick Your Journey
Two ways teams use TextBolt. Same email-to-SMS plumbing underneath.
Text From Your Inbox
Type a phone number into the To field of any email. Recipient gets an SMS. Their reply lands in your inbox like a normal email thread.
Watch a sales rep nudge a lead from Gmail:
Sarah replies “yes, what’s a 3-line quote vs a 5-line?” — Mike sees it as a normal Gmail reply, threaded.
Built For:
Sales follow-ups & lead nurturing
Recruiters, real estate agents, account managers
Customer support replies
Appointment confirmations & reminders
Anyone who already lives in Gmail or Outlook
Alerts From Any System
If a system can send an email, it can text a phone. No SDK. No code. No integration project. Just point its alert email at a TextBolt address.
Watch a 2 AM server page reach the on-call engineer:
Same shape works for an alarm panel at 2 AM, a voicemail notification, a “high temp” IoT sensor, or a new web-form lead.
Built For:
IT, SRE & DevOps on-call paging
Alarm panels & facility monitoring
Broadcast off-air / equipment alerts
Voicemail-to-SMS for VoIP & PBX
Web forms & landing-page leads
IoT & sensor thresholds
How Email To Text Works
Two journeys. One mechanic. Every TextBolt account gets a unique inbound address — +1XXXXXXXXXX@sendemailtotext.com — that converts any email it receives into an SMS to that number. Replies route back to the original sender’s inbox, threaded.
JOURNEY 1 —
Text From Your Inbox
1. COMPOSE LIKE A NORMAL EMAIL.
Open Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail, Thunderbird, M365 OWA, or whatever you use today. New message.
2. ADDRESS IT TO THE PHONE.
Put +1XXXXXXXXXX@sendemailtotext.com in the To field (you can save it as a contact for one-tap). Subject + body become the SMS.
3. RECIPIENT GETS A NORMAL SMS.
No app to install. They reply by texting back. Their reply lands in your inbox as a threaded email — searchable, archivable, auditable.
Used by: sales reps, recruiters, real-estate agents, multi-location clinic front desks, treatment-center admissions teams, ABA scheduling coordinators, customer support teams.
JOURNEY 2 —
Alerts From Any System
1. POINT YOUR ALERT EMAIL AT TEXTBOLT.
In your monitoring tool / alarm panel / VoIP / web form / EMR — wherever the alert configuration lives — add +1XXXXXXXXXX@sendemailtotext.com as a recipient. (Or set up a forwarding rule if the system can’t be edited directly.)
2. THE SYSTEM FIRES ITS EXISTING EMAIL ALERT.
No code change. No SDK. No SMTP rewrite. The alert email it was already sending now also goes to a phone.
3. THE ON-CALL PHONE GETS THE SMS.
Subject + body delivered as text. Rotation? Different shift? Just change the destination address — no redeploys.
Used by: county IT, hospital networks, broadcast engineers, security/alarm monitoring, ABA practices, software SREs, charter schools, fleet ops, manufacturing telemetry.
Works With Whatever Already Speaks Email
If your tool can send an email, it works with TextBolt. No connector to install, no integration project, no API contract to maintain. We’ve seen every shape of email pass through — here’s the short version of what customers actually plug into us.
Email clients (where humans type)
Monitoring & observability
Web forms & lead capture
VoIP & voicemail-to-email
Alarm & security panels
Broadcast & studio
Help desk & ticketing
Healthcare, EMR & clinical
IoT & industrial
CRM & sales tools
Field service & ops
Your own apps & scripts
Spark
Superhuman
Mailbird
HEY
ProtonMail
Fastmail
Any IMAP / SMTP client
Don’t see your tool? If it can send an email, it works. That’s the whole compatibility test. → Setup guides for 30+ systems
Email To SMS For Every Use Case
Pick your situation — each landing page walks through setup, pricing, and a real customer example.
For People Who Text From Their Inbox
Send SMS From Gmail
For sales reps, account managers, and support teams who already live in Gmail.
Send SMS From Outlook
Same workflow on Microsoft 365 / Exchange.
Send SMS From Apple Mail
Mac, iPhone, iPad — and headless Mac Mini servers too.
SMS For Customer Support
Handle inbound customer texts as email tickets.
Appointment Reminders
Auto-text reminders from any scheduling tool that can email.
Real Estate Texting
Text leads and clients without giving out your cell.
For Systems That Need To Alert A Phone
Server & IT Monitoring Alerts
Pipe Datadog, Nagios, Zabbix, CloudWatch alerts to on-call phones.
Alarm Panel SMS Notifications
DSC, Honeywell, Bosch panels that email alarms.
Voicemail-To-SMS
VoIP and PBX voicemail notifications routed to text.
Off-Air Alerts For Broadcasters
Silence detectors and stream monitors text the engineer.
Web Form To SMS
Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms, HubSpot — text leads instantly.
IoT Sensor SMS Alerts
Temperature, humidity, motion, leak sensors that email.
Help Desk & Ticketing Alerts
Zendesk, Freshdesk, Jira escalations to phone.
CARRIER GATEWAY MIGRATIONS
Migrating From A Carrier Email-to-SMS Gateway?
The free carrier gateways are gone or going — TextBolt is the drop-in replacement that actually works for business use.
United States
Migrating From Txt.Att.Net (AT&T)
AT&T retired their email-to-SMS gateway. Move your alerts to TextBolt in under an hour.
Migrating From Vtext.Com (Verizon)
Verizon’s vtext.com gateway no longer reliably delivers. Switch to a verified business sender.
Migrating From Tmomail.Net (T-Mobile)
T-Mobile shut down tmomail.net for new senders. TextBolt drops in with the same email-to-SMS pattern, business-grade.
Canada
Migrating From Rogers (Pcs.Rogers.Com / Txt.Bell.Ca)
Canadian carrier gateways are unreliable for business volumes. TextBolt delivers across all major Canadian carriers.
Migrating From Bell Canada
Bell’s email-to-text gateway has been throttled or retired. Move your monitoring + alerting workflows.
Migrating From Telus
Same email-to-SMS pattern, no carrier gateway dependency.
Migrating From Fido
Carrier-agnostic delivery to any Canadian mobile.
What changes when you migrate to TextBolt
One Destination Address Per Recipient
No more “is this customer on AT&T or T-Mobile?” guesswork. The carrier-by-carrier address logic disappears.
Verified Business Sender
A2P 10DLC registered in the US, business-grade routing in Canada — so messages actually arrive instead of getting silently dropped.
Two-Way Replies Threaded Back To Email
The carrier gateways were one-way. TextBolt gives you replies back as email, threaded with the original.
No Code Changes, No Integration Project
Your existing alert system keeps sending to an email address. The address is the only thing that changes.
Why Teams Choose TextBolt
No SDK. No code. No integration project.
If the system can send an email, it can send a text. No developer time, no API keys, no webhook endpoints. Change one email address and you’re live.
Your existing inbox is the dashboard
No new portal to learn. Sent texts show in your Sent folder. Replies thread under the original conversation. Your inbox is the audit trail.
Two-way that actually works
When someone texts back, you see it in your inbox. Threaded under the same conversation. No separate app, no portal to check.
US toll-free, A2P 10DLC compliant
Verified business sending. Your texts don’t get flagged as spam. Deliverability rates you can count on for critical messages.
Pricing that scales with you
Transparent per-text pricing. No platform fees hiding in the fine print. From a handful of messages to millions, you know what you’ll pay.
CUSTOMER REVIEWS
What Customers Say
Teams across healthcare, government, broadcast, and tech trust TextBolt for mission-critical messaging.
On Google Workspace Marketplace, with
273K+ installs
We replaced a five-figure SMS API project with a $29/month TextBolt plan. Our monitoring system already sends email — we just changed the destination address. Took five minutes.
IT Director
County Government
Our front desk lives in Gmail. TextBolt let them text patients about appointment changes without learning a new system. The replies come right back into Gmail.
Practice Manager
Multi-location PT Clinic
Off-air alerts go straight to my phone now. Before TextBolt, we relied on carrier gateways that failed silently. We didn’t know we were off the air until someone called in.
Chief Engineer
Broadcast Station
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is email-to-text (or email-to-SMS)?
Email-to-text is a service that converts an email into an SMS message delivered to a mobile phone. With TextBolt, you simply address an email to a phone number @sendemailtotext.com, and your message is delivered as a standard text message. The recipient can reply by text, and that reply is forwarded back to your email inbox — creating a two-way conversation between email and SMS.
How do I send a text from Gmail?
Compose a new email in Gmail. In the “To” field, enter the phone number followed by @sendemailtotext.com (e.g., +14155551234@sendemailtotext.com). Type your message in the email body, hit send, and your text is delivered in seconds. Works with Gmail on desktop, mobile, or the Gmail app.
Do recipients need an app?
No. Recipients receive a standard SMS text message. They don’t need to install anything, create an account, or know that you’re using TextBolt. It looks like a normal text from a business number.
Can I send to multiple phone numbers at once?
Yes. Add multiple phone numbers in the “To” or “CC” fields, each followed by @sendemailtotext.com. Each recipient receives an individual SMS.
Is it secure for business use?
Yes. TextBolt uses A2P 10DLC-verified sending, which means messages are registered as legitimate business communications. All data is encrypted in transit and at rest.
What does it cost?
TextBolt offers transparent per-text pricing starting from $29/month. No hidden platform fees. Visit our pricing page for full details.
How is this different from a regular SMS API like the big providers?
SMS APIs require developer time, API keys, webhook endpoints, and code. TextBolt requires an email address. If your system can send an email, it can send a text — no SDK, no integration project, no code at all.
What systems can send alerts through TextBolt?
Any system that sends email notifications: Datadog, Grafana, Nagios, Zabbix, alarm panels (Honeywell, DSC), VoIP systems, web forms, IoT sensors, CRMs, help desks, and more. If it sends email, it works with TextBolt.
Is TextBolt a replacement for txt.att.net, vtext.com, or tmomail.net?
Yes. TextBolt is the verified, reliable replacement for carrier email-to-SMS gateways. One address works for every carrier, with two-way replies and delivery confirmation built in.
Does TextBolt work for Canadian carriers (Bell, Rogers, Telus, Fido)?
Yes. TextBolt delivers to Canadian carriers including Bell, Rogers, Telus, and Fido. The same email-to-SMS address works for US and Canadian phone numbers.
Can I migrate my existing email-to-SMS alerts without changing my code?
Yes. Just change the destination email address from the carrier gateway (e.g., txt.att.net) to your TextBolt address. No code changes, no configuration updates beyond the email address itself.
Can I use my own phone number?
TextBolt provides you with a verified business sending number. Contact us to discuss options for using a custom or existing number with your account.
How fast is the delivery?
Most messages are delivered within seconds. TextBolt processes the inbound email and sends the SMS in near real-time, making it suitable for time-sensitive alerts and urgent communications.
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