AT&T email-to-text: is txt.att.net still working?
AT&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.
Last verified: July 2026
AT&T gateway addresses
number@txt.att.net— SMSnumber@mms.att.net— MMS
AT&T retired its email-to-text gateways on June 17, 2025. Both the SMS gateway (number@txt.att.net) and the MMS gateway (number@mms.att.net) stopped delivering that day. AT&T framed it as an anti-spam and security measure — the open gateways had become a firehose of unwanted automated mail.
Because the shutdown was a hard cutoff, anything still emailing those addresses — servers, UPS cards, alarm panels, monitoring tools — simply stopped reaching phones, usually with no bounce. If your AT&T alerts died in mid-2025, this is why.
AT&T has not offered a replacement gateway. Reaching AT&T numbers now requires registered A2P messaging, either via a provider you integrate or an email-to-SMS forwarder that handles the A2P path for you.
Cricket Wireless email-to-text
Cricket is owned by AT&T and used the same gateway infrastructure, so Cricket email-to-text was retired in the same June 17, 2025 shutdown.
FirstNet email-to-text
FirstNet (AT&T’s public-safety network) was included in the shutdown — its email-to-text gateway stopped on the same date.
How to test if it still works
Email a short message to your own AT&T number at number@txt.att.net (replace number with the 10-digit number) and see whether it arrives. It won’t — this gateway is shut down and fails silently, with no bounce.
The fix
Reach AT&T numbers the compliant way
Instead of a gateway that only works until it doesn’t, EmailToTxt delivers your alerts as real SMS over registered 10DLC — to AT&T and every other carrier.
Your device keeps sending the same alert email. You just point it at a EmailToTxt address instead of the carrier gateway, and each alert arrives as a clean text with STOP/HELP handling built in.
AT&T email-to-text: FAQ
- Is txt.att.net still working?
- No. AT&T permanently shut down number@txt.att.net (and the number@mms.att.net MMS gateway) on June 17, 2025. Messages now fail silently.
- Does Cricket or FirstNet email-to-text still work?
- No. Both are AT&T-owned and were retired in the same June 17, 2025 shutdown as txt.att.net.
- What is the replacement for AT&T email-to-text?
- There is no drop-in AT&T gateway anymore. Use a compliant A2P SMS path — integrate a messaging API, or forward your existing email alerts through an email-to-SMS service that delivers over registered 10DLC.