Device email-to-text setup guides
These guides show how to forward device and system email alerts to EmailToTxt so they arrive as text messages. The flow is the same everywhere: set up a mailbox to send from, point the device’s email alerts at your EmailToTxt address, and add the phone numbers that should get them.
The basic flow
How device texting works
Set up a sending mailbox
Point email alerts at EmailToTxt
Add phone numbers
Set up a sending email account (once)
EmailToTxt receives your alert emails, but your device still needs a mailbox to send from. The simplest option is a free, dedicated Gmail or Outlook account with an app password — most NVRs can’t do modern sign-in, and an app password works around that. You only set this up once and can reuse the same sending account across every recorder and endpoint.
| Provider | SMTP server | SSL port | STARTTLS port |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gmail | smtp.gmail.com | 465 | 587 |
| Outlook.com | smtp-mail.outlook.com | — | 587 |
| Microsoft 365 | smtp.office365.com | — | 587 |
| Yahoo Mail | smtp.mail.yahoo.com | 465 | 587 |
By device
Pick your device
Don’t see yours? Start with the universal approach above — EmailToTxt’s parser handles almost anything that can email an alert.
Synology NAS
Synology DSM can email alerts for degraded volumes, failed drives, backups, and power events. Point those notification emails at your EmailToTxt address and each one arrives as a text within seconds.
Synology NAS setup guide →QNAP NAS
QNAP's Notification Center emails alerts for disk, volume, backup, and system events. Add your EmailToTxt address as the recipient and critical NAS events become texts.
QNAP NAS setup guide →UniFi
The UniFi Network application can email alerts for device offline/adopted, WAN failover, and system events through a custom SMTP server. Point them at EmailToTxt to get texted when the network needs you.
UniFi setup guide →APC UPS
An APC Network Management Card (or PowerChute) emails on-battery, low-runtime, and self-test events. Forward them through EmailToTxt and a power failure becomes a text before the UPS runs out.
APC UPS setup guide →Zabbix
Zabbix already knows what's down — the Email media type just needs somewhere to send it. Give your on-call users an EmailToTxt address as their media and trigger alerts arrive as texts.
Zabbix setup guide →pfSense
pfSense emails notifications for gateway events, package updates, and system alarms. Point its SMTP notifications at EmailToTxt and your edge firewall can text you when the WAN drops.
pfSense setup guide →Home Assistant
Home Assistant’s SMTP notify integration can email any automation trigger — door left open, water leak, freezer warming, alarm armed. Point that notify service at your EmailToTxt address and any automation can text you.
Home Assistant setup guide →TrueNAS
TrueNAS emails alerts for pool degradation, failed drives, S.M.A.R.T. errors, and scrub results. Point its alert email at your EmailToTxt address and a failing drive becomes a text instead of an email you might miss.
TrueNAS setup guide →Proxmox VE
Proxmox VE emails on backup failures, node/cluster events, and storage problems. Point its notifications at your EmailToTxt address and a failed backup or a node going down becomes a text.
Proxmox VE setup guide →Grafana
Grafana’s alerting already evaluates your dashboards — the email contact point just needs a destination. Point one at your EmailToTxt address and firing alerts arrive as texts.
Grafana setup guide →