--- title: "When Did AT&T Shut Down Email-to-Text?" url: "https://textbolt.com/blog/att-email-to-text-shutdown/" date: "2026-08-18T03:41:44-05:00" modified: "2026-08-24T08:08:55-05:00" type: "Article" resource: "https://textbolt.com/blog/att-email-to-text-shutdown/" timestamp: "2026-08-24T08:08:55-05:00" author: name: "Rakesh Patel" categories: - "Email to SMS" word_count: 2051 reading_time: "11 min read" summary: "AT&T permanently shut down its email-to-text and text-to-email service on June 17, 2025, disabling the @txt.att.net (SMS) and @mms.att.net (MMS) gateways. Email can no longer send or receive te..." description: "AT&T permanently shut down email-to-text and text-to-email on June 17, 2025 — @txt.att.net and @mms.att.net no longer deliver. See what to do next." keywords: "AT&T Email to Text Shutdown, Email to SMS" language: "en" schema_type: "Article" related_posts: - title: "How Email-to-SMS Automation Replaces Manual Text Message Workflows" url: "https://textbolt.com/blog/email-to-sms-replaces-manual-workflows/" - title: "How to Notify Clients About Investment Opportunities With Email to SMS" url: "https://textbolt.com/blog/notify-clients-investment-opportunities/" - title: "Enhancing Customer Satisfaction with Timely SMS Communication" url: "https://textbolt.com/blog/enhance-customer-satisfaction-with-timely-texts/" --- # When Did AT&T Shut Down Email-to-Text? _Published: August 18, 2026_ _Author: Rakesh Patel_ ![When Did AT&T Shut Down Email-to-Text](https://wp.textbolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/When-Did-ATT-Shut-Down-Email-to-Text_-convert.io_-1024x576.webp) AT&T permanently shut down its email-to-text and text-to-email service on June 17, 2025, disabling the @txt.att.net (SMS) and @mms.att.net (MMS) gateways. Email can no longer send or receive texts on AT&T’s network — there is no grace period and no extension, and messages often fail silently with no bounce at all. If your alerts, scripts, or reminders went quiet after that date, this is almost certainly why. It is a permanent discontinuation, not an error you can fix on your phone or in your account settings. ## Shutdown Details - Shutdown date: June 17, 2025 (permanent — no grace period, no extension) - Gateways retired: @txt.att.net (SMS) and @mms.att.net (MMS) - Directions disabled: Email-to-text AND text-to-email (both directions) - Affected accounts: AT&T Wireless, FirstNet, AT&T Business, Cricket Wireless, and AT&T Prepaid / AT&T-network MVNOs - Impact: Email sent to or no longer delivers, often with no bounce message at all **Official source**: AT&T support article [KM1061254](https://www.att.com/support/article/wireless/KM1061254/) confirms the June 17, 2025 shutdown and directs users toward approved commercial SMS alternatives. The change was independently reported by Yahoo Tech and documented by institutions such as [Princeton University](https://scad.princeton.edu/news/att-discontinues-email-text-and-text-email-service). ## Why Is txt.att.net Not Working? txt.att.net is not working because AT&T permanently shut the gateway off on June 17, 2025 — not because of anything on your phone, your account, or your settings. Emails sent to and now fail silently, often with no bounce message at all, so there is nothing to re-enable and no fix on your end. ### There Is No Fix On Your End If you searched “txt.att.net not working,” you probably assumed a setting broke or a message got stuck. It didn’t. AT&T decommissioned the server that received @txt.att.net and @mms.att.net mail, so the recipient address no longer exists on AT&T’s side. The failure is expected behaviour, not a bug you can troubleshoot. - Restarting your phone won’t help — the gateway isn’t on your device. - Re-checking your email settings won’t help — the recipient address is dead, not misconfigured. - There is often no bounce message — the message simply never arrives. - No grace period and no extension — the change is permanent. The only way to restore an email-to-text workflow is to send the text a different, compliant way — switching the recipient domain from @txt.att.net to a [compliant 10DLC](https://textbolt.com/blog/10dlc-compliance/) email-to-text address. ## What Happened to AT&T Email-to-Text? AT&T permanently ended its free email-to-text and text-to-email gateway on June 17, 2025. Any email sent to (for SMS) or (for MMS) now fails to deliver — which is why people searching “txt.att.net not working” or “att mms not working” get no delivery. Cricket Wireless (an AT&T-network brand) and FirstNet were shut down under the same change on the same date, all documented in AT&T’s support article [KM1061254](https://www.att.com/support/article/wireless/KM1061254/). This is not a temporary outage. The gateway itself was switched off, so the only fix is to send your texts a different, compliant way. ## Why Is AT&T Shutting Down Email-to-Text? AT&T retired 20-plus-year-old open-relay infrastructure for four related reasons: 1. 10DLC compliance. Since 2023, U.S. carriers require every [application-to-person (A2P) business text](https://textbolt.com/blog/a2p-messaging/) to route through a registered 10DLC sender — a 10-digit long code registered with The Campaign Registry. The old free gateway was never compliant for business use. 2. Security and spam. Anyone could send to @txt.att.net from any email address with no sender authentication, making it an easy channel for spam and SMS phishing (“smishing”). 3. Legacy technology. The gateway is old infrastructure AT&T would rather not maintain while it invests in modern messaging and 5G. 4. Industry-wide movement. This isn’t only AT&T — other carriers are re-evaluating their legacy email-to-text gateways too. ## Which Carrier Email-to-Text Gateways Still Work in 2026? AT&T was not the only carrier to pull the plug. T-Mobile went first and Verizon is midway through its own shutdown, so anyone still routing alerts through a gateway address needs to check every carrier their recipients use, not just AT&T. | Carrier | Gateway domains | Status | Effective or scheduled date | Official source | |---|---|---|---|---| | AT&T (includes Cricket and FirstNet) | txt.att.net, mms.att.net | Permanently shut down | June 17, 2025 carrier-confirmed | [AT&T KM1061254](https://www.att.com/support/article/wireless/KM1061254/) | | Verizon | vtext.com vzwpix.com | Shutdown in progress | March 31, 2027 completion anticipated | [Verizon shutdown notice](https://www.verizon.com/support/vtext-vzwpix-shutdown/) | | T-Mobile | tmomail.net | Reported non-functional | Approximately December 2024, third-party reports only | None published | | TextBolt | +1[number]@ sendemailtotext.com | Active, all US carriers | No | | **A note on sourcing**: AT&T and Verizon have each published a support notice confirming their shutdowns. T-Mobile has not, so the December 2024 date reflects third-party reporting rather than an official announcement. Verizon still delivers intermittently, which makes March 31, 2027 a completion target rather than the day delivery stops. AT&T carries no such caveat. Messages to txt.att.net now fail silently with no bounce returned. ## How Do You Send a Text to an Email Address Now? (3 Ways) There are three plain ways to bridge text and email today. ### Way 1 — From Your Phone (Native, Person-to-Person) Open your messaging app, start a new message, and type the full email address in the To field instead of a phone number. The recipient gets an email; their reply comes back as a text. Best for a one-off personal message — there is no delivery tracking, no shared team access, and it is not 10DLC-registered, so business or automated volume gets throttled or blocked. ### Way 2 — An Old Carrier Gateway Address (Mostly Shut Down) The classic method was to email number@carrier-gateway — for AT&T that was <5551234567@txt.att.net> (SMS) or @mms.att.net (MMS). AT&T switched this off on June 17, 2025, and it was never compliant for business use. It offered no delivery confirmation, no opt-out handling, and no guaranteed routing. ### Way 3 — A Compliant Email-to-Text Service (Recommended) You send a normal email to a service address and it delivers a real, 10DLC-compliant text on any carrier. With TextBolt the format is +1[number]@sendemailtotext.com — to text 123-456-7890, you email <+11234567890@sendemailtotext.com>. The subject/body becomes the text and replies come back to your inbox. It works the same from Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail, or any tool that can send email. Keep a message under 155 characters to fit a single SMS segment. Restore Your Alerts Today Reliable text delivery from your email, without the hassle of carrier gateways. [Start Your Free 7-Day Trial](https://my.textbolt.com/signup/) ## Who Is Affected by the AT&T Shutdown? Every business that relied on @txt.att.net for automated text delivery is affected. The teams feeling it hardest: - [Healthcare providers](https://textbolt.com/industries/healthcare/) — Appointment reminders, lab result notifications, prescription refill alerts, follow-up care messages. Text messages carry higher open rates than email, making them a fast way to reach patients before an appointment. - [IT departments and system administrators](https://textbolt.com/industries/it-departments/) — Server-down alerts, security breach notifications, backup confirmations, network outage alerts. - [Educational institutions](https://textbolt.com/industries/education/) — School closure notifications, emergency alerts, parent notifications, campus updates. - Small and medium businesses — Order confirmations, delivery notifications, service reminders, payment alerts. - [Government agencies and emergency services](https://textbolt.com/industries/government/) — Public safety notifications, FirstNet services (@emg.firstnet.gov, shut down under the same AT&T change), court date reminders. ## How to Migrate From AT&T Email-to-Text Core migration takes about 30 minutes of your time, with carrier verification running in the background. The [full step-by-step AT&T migration guide](https://textbolt.com/migration/att/) walks through it, but in short: 1. Install TextBolt from the Google Workspace Marketplace (about 2 minutes). 2. Submit business registration and documents for 10DLC compliance (15–20 minutes). 3. Wait for carrier approval (24–48 hours) — you get a 7-day free trial with 10 credits. 4. Update your systems: change recipient addresses from @txt.att.net to @sendemailtotext.com (5–10 minutes). 5. Test during your trial, then deploy fully. TextBolt is already the migration destination at scale: 261,000+ installs currently listed on the [Google Workspace Marketplace](https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/textbolt_formerly_email_to_textsms_from/135822310631) as of August 2026, and 200+ enterprise customers — including FedEx and GE Aerospace — have moved their email-to-text alerting onto the service. ## Frequently Asked Questions **Why is my txt.att.net / mms.att.net not working?** Your txt.att.net and mms.att.net addresses stopped working because AT&T permanently shut down both gateways on June 17, 2025 — this is not a fault with your phone, account, or settings. Messages sent to or now fail silently, frequently with no bounce message, so there is nothing to re-enable on your side. To restore delivery you must send the text through a different, compliant method. **What exactly shut down with AT&T email to text?** On June 17, 2025 AT&T retired its free email-to-text and text-to-email gateways — the @txt.att.net (SMS) and @mms.att.net (MMS) domains. Both directions were disabled, so email can no longer reach an AT&T number and AT&T texts can no longer reach an email address. The shutdown is permanent, with no grace period and no extension. **What replaced @txt.att.net?** With TextBolt the format is +1[number]@sendemailtotext.com, so to text 123-456-7890 you email <+11234567890@sendemailtotext.com> and it delivers a real, 10DLC-compliant text on any carrier. The subject and body become the text, and replies come back to your inbox. It works from Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail, or any tool that can send email. ** Why is AT&T shutting down email-to-text instead of keeping it free?** AT&T retired the 20-plus-year-old open-relay gateway because it was never 10DLC-compliant for business texting, which U.S. carriers have required since 2023. The old gateway also allowed anyone to send from any email address with no sender authentication, making it an easy channel for spam and SMS phishing. AT&T would also rather not maintain legacy infrastructure while investing in modern messaging and 5G, and other carriers are re-evaluating their gateways too. ** Can I still send a text to an email address after the AT&T shutdown?** Yes — you can still bridge text and email, just not through the retired AT&T gateway. For a one-off personal message, type the full email address into your phone’s messaging app To field; for business or automated volume, use a compliant, 10DLC-registered email-to-text service that works on any carrier. The old carrier-gateway method () was switched off on June 17, 2025 and was never compliant for business use. ** Can I keep using my existing phone numbers after migrating?** Yes — a compliant email-to-text service delivers texts to the same phone numbers you already message, so recipients don’t need to change anything. With TextBolt you simply change the recipient domain on your end, formatting each number as +1[number]@sendemailtotext.com. ** What do I need before I can restore email-to-text delivery?** You need a compliant email-to-text service and a 10DLC registration, since U.S. carriers require every application-to-person business text to route through a registered 10-digit long code. For TextBolt you install the app from the Google Workspace Marketplace and submit your business registration and documents for 10DLC compliance. You also update your systems to point recipient addresses at the new @sendemailtotext.com domain instead of @txt.att.net. ** Do I need 10DLC registration for the replacement?** Yes — with TextBolt you submit business registration and documents for 10DLC compliance during setup, then wait for carrier approval (typically 24–48 hours). The old AT&T gateway was never 10DLC-compliant, which is part of why it was retired. ** What’s the fastest way to test the replacement before committing?** Start a free TextBolt trial, which gives you a 7-day window with 10 credits after carrier approval to send test texts and confirm delivery. During the trial you can send a normal email to +1[number]@sendemailtotext.com and verify a real text arrives before you switch your live systems over. Once tests pass, you deploy fully by updating recipient addresses across your systems. ** What happens to messages I already sent to @txt.att.net after June 17, 2025?** Any email sent to or after June 17, 2025 simply never arrives, often with no bounce message at all. AT&T decommissioned the server that received that mail, so the recipient address no longer exists on AT&T’s side. To reach the recipient you must send the text a different, compliant way, such as switching to a @sendemailtotext.com address. --- _View the original post at: [https://textbolt.com/blog/att-email-to-text-shutdown/](https://textbolt.com/blog/att-email-to-text-shutdown/)_ _Served as markdown by [Third Audience](https://github.com/third-audience) v3.6.1.1_ _Generated: 2026-08-24 13:08:55 UTC_