📣 Email-to-SMS Replacement: Carrier Gateways Are Gone (AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon)
AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon have all shut down their free email-to-text gateways. These gateways powered what most teams think of as "email-to-SMS" - sending an email to a phone number to trigger a text message. If your scripts, monitoring systems, or alerting tools are still pointing at @txt.att.net, @tmomail.net, or @vtext.com - your alerts are silently failing.
PagerTree is the drop-in replacement. Just replace the domain. Everything else stays the same. PagerTree uses verified messaging infrastructure (A2P 10DLC), ensuring messages are delivered reliably instead of silently dropped like legacy gateways.
Carrier Gateways Shutdown Timeline
| Carrier | Old Gateway Address | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sprint | @messaging.sprintpcs.com | ❌ Shut down early 2022 |
| Boost Mobile | @sms.myboostmobile.com | ❌ Shut down 2022 |
| T-Mobile | @tmomail.net | ❌ Offline December 2024 |
| AT&T | @txt.att.net / @mms.att.net | Shut down June 17, 2025 |
| Cricket Wireless | @sms.cricketwireless.net | ❌ Shut down with AT&T |
| Verizon | @vtext.com / @vzwpix.com | ⚠️ Unreliable - phasing out by March 31, 2027 |
Why Did Carriers Shut Them Down?
The free carrier gateways became major spam and phishing vectors (aka "smishing"), and carriers retired them rather than maintain them under modern A2P messaging regulations. They're not coming back.
The Fix: Replace the Domain, Keep Everything Else
PagerTree gives your account a unique email domain to send alert emails to. You send an email to [10-digit-phone]@your-domain.e2t.pagertree.com (must be a verified phone number in PagerTree) and PagerTree sends an SMS to your phone. That's it.
If you had something like this working before:
alerts@yourserver.com → [10-digit-phone]@txt.att.net
You just change the domain to your PagerTree address:
alerts@yourserver.com → [10-digit-phone]@your-domain.e2t.pagertree.com
How to Set It Up (2 Minutes)
- Sign up for PagerTree - free 14-day trial, no credit card required.
- Enable Email-to-SMS - Available on Pro and Elite plans. Contact support to enable.
- Swap the domain - Replace your old carrier gateway domain with your new PagerTree domain in the systems that are sending the emails.
- Test it - Send a test email to your PagerTree email-to-text domain and confirm the SMS notification arrives.
Just like that, your existing setup works exactly as before!
Works With Anything That Sends Email
- UPS / server hardware alert emails
- Cron job scripts
- Windows Task Scheduler / Event Log
- Custom applications
- Enterprise applications (PRTG, SolarWinds, etc.)
If it can send an email, it works with PagerTree.
Pricing
Email-to-SMS is included on the Pro and Elite plans.
- No per-message SMS charges
- No carrier gateway dependencies
- No API or infrastructure required
Want More? PagerTree Does That Too.
Email to SMS is the simplest way to use PagerTree, but the platform also supports on-call schedules, escalation policies, team rotations, and integrations like Grafana, PRTG, and other monitoring tools.
For setup help, read the docs or email support@pagertree.com.