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Email-to-text gateway status by carrier
The free carrier email-to-SMS gateways (like number@vtext.com or number@tmomail.net) are mostly gone. Here’s exactly which still work, which shut down and when, and what to do about it.
Status last verified: July 2026
| Carrier | Gateway | Status | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| T-Mobile | number@tmomail.net | Shut down | Stopped resolving ~December 2024 |
| AT&T | number@txt.att.net | Shut down | Permanently shut down June 17, 2025 |
| Verizon | number@vtext.com | Shutting down | Heavily filtered now; full shutdown March 31, 2027 |
| US Cellular | number@email.uscc.net | Uncertain | Reported working; future unclear after T-Mobile acquisition (2025) |
| Google Fi | number@msg.fi.google.com | Working | Still documented — the most reliable holdout |
| Boost Mobile | number@sms.myboostmobile.com | Working | Reported working — treat as temporary |
Gateways only ever deliver to their own carrier’s numbers, and the “working” ones can vanish without notice — exactly as T-Mobile’s and AT&T’s did.
The one date to know
Verizon shuts down March 31, 2027
Verizon is the last of the big three still running a gateway — and it has published a hard end date. It’s the largest scheduled email-to-text migration event on the calendar.
Verizon’s vtext.com and vzwpix.com gateways are already heavily spam-filtered, so delivery is unreliable today. On March 31, 2027 they stop entirely.
If anything you run still emails a Verizon gateway, you have a firm deadline — and migrating now fixes today’s dropped messages too.
Verizon email-to-text status & migration →By carrier
Full status for each gateway
T-Mobile
Shut downT-Mobile’s @tmomail.net email-to-text gateway is dead. Around December 2024 the domain stopped resolving and delivering, with no formal shutdown notice — T-Mobile was the first of the big three to go dark.
T-Mobile status →AT&T
Shut downAT&T permanently shut down its @txt.att.net (SMS) and @mms.att.net (MMS) email-to-text gateways on June 17, 2025 — along with the AT&T-owned Cricket and FirstNet gateways. Messages now fail silently.
AT&T status →Verizon
Shutting downVerizon’s @vtext.com and @vzwpix.com gateways are on the way out. Many messages are already dropped by spam filtering, and Verizon has published a full shutdown date of March 31, 2027. Don’t build anything new on it.
Verizon status →US Cellular
UncertainUS Cellular’s @email.uscc.net gateway is reported to still work as of 2026, but its future is uncertain following T-Mobile’s 2025 acquisition of US Cellular — and T-Mobile already killed its own gateway. Don’t rely on it.
US Cellular status →Google Fi
WorkingGoogle Fi’s @msg.fi.google.com email-to-text gateway is the most reliable survivor in 2026 and is still officially documented — but it only reaches Google Fi numbers, so it isn’t a general solution.
Google Fi status →Boost Mobile
WorkingBoost Mobile’s @sms.myboostmobile.com gateway is reported to still work in 2026, but like every surviving gateway it reaches only Boost numbers and can be discontinued without notice.
Boost Mobile status →What to do about it
The compliant replacement
Whatever your carrier, the durable fix is the same: stop depending on a free gateway and move to registered A2P messaging that reaches any phone.
EmailToTxt is the drop-in replacement for the gateways that disappeared. Your device keeps emailing exactly as it does now — you just change the recipient address. We deliver each alert as a clean SMS over registered 10DLC, to any carrier, with STOP/HELP handling built in.
FAQ
Email-to-text gateway questions
- Do any carrier email-to-text gateways still work in 2026?
- A few holdouts still deliver — Google Fi (msg.fi.google.com) is the most reliable, and US Cellular and Boost are reported working — but each reaches only its own carrier and can be shut down without notice. The big three (T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon) are dead or dying. Status last verified July 2026.
- Why did the carriers shut down email-to-text?
- The open gateways had become a major spam and abuse vector — anyone could email a phone with no consent and no way to opt out. The carriers retired them to fight that, which is also why the compliant replacement (registered A2P 10DLC with STOP/HELP) exists.
- How do I know if my carrier gateway still works?
- Send a test email to your own number at the gateway address (for example number@vtext.com) and see if it arrives. If it does today, it can still stop tomorrow — the dead ones failed silently, with no bounce. Don’t depend on it for anything that matters.
- What replaces the carrier gateways?
- A compliant A2P SMS path. You can integrate a messaging API yourself, or point your device’s existing email alerts at an email-to-SMS forwarding service like EmailToTxt that delivers over registered 10DLC to any carrier.