System administrators may find themselves wanting to send SMS messages to mobile devices for a variety of reasons, such as sending over the air enrollment invitations to devices to be enrolled with the Casper Suite. Many carriers, though certainly not all, employ an SMS gateway that allows email messages to be received by the carrier’s gateway and in turn transmitted to devices as SMS messages. In some cases, MMS messages are supported as well.
Addressing a mobile phone number through one of these gateways is accomplished by sending an email to @. For example, a Verizon Wireless phone with the number 212-555-1212 can receive SMS messages at the email address 2125551212@vtext.com.
Below, find listed the SMS gateway domains I have been able to find for official iPhone carriers. Where I’ve been able to find the pertinent information, I have noted carriers with special considerations, such as an activation process. The note “difficulties reported” indicates domains that are frequently referenced as not working. If your carrier isn’t listed below, I recommend contacting their customer service line to find out if they offer an SMS gateway. if they do, ask for the domain name and whether activation is required. If you discover any domains not listed below, I’d appreciate a comment on this article so I can update it for future reference.
| Carrier | Domain | Country |
| AT&T (SMS) | txt.att.net | United States |
| AT&T (MMS) | mms.att.net | United States |
| Boost Mobile | myboostmobile.com | United States |
| C Spire | cspire1.com | United States |
| Cricket | sms.mycricket.com | United States |
| MetroPCS | mymetropcs.com | United States |
| Sprint | messaging.sprintpcs.com | United States |
| T-Mobile | tmomail.net | United States |
| U.S. Cellular | email.uscc.net | United States |
| Verizon Wireless (SMS) | vtext.com | United States |
| Verizon Wireless (MMS) | vzwpix.com | United States |
| Virgin Mobile | vmobl.com | United States |
| Telstra | onlinesms.telstra.com • Note the absence of .au |
Australia |
| Optus | optusmobile.com.au | Australia |
| Vodafone | Service not offered | Australia |
| Bell | txt.bell.ca | Canada |
| Fido | fido.ca | Canada |
| Koodoo | msg.koodomobile.com | Canada |
| MTS | text.mtsmobility.com | Canada |
| Rogers | pcs.rogers.com | Canada |
| Sasktel | sms.sasktel.com | Canada |
| Telus | msg.telus.com | Canada |
| Virgin Mobile | vmobile.ca | Canada |
| 3 | three.co.uk | United Kingdom |
| EE | mms.ee.co.uk • Difficulties reported |
United Kingdom |
| O2 | mmail.co.uk • Include +44 • Must activate by texting “EMAIL” to 2020 |
United Kingdom |
| Orange | omail.net orange.net • Difficulties reported |
United Kingdom |
| T-Mobile | t-mobile.uk.net • Include leading “0” in number • Must be activated via customer service line or account web portal • May not be functioning since joining EE alliance • Unverified |
United Kingdom |
| Vodafone | vodafone.net | United Kingdom |
| O2 | o2online.de • Use leading 0 |
Germany |
| Telekom (T-Mobile) | t-d1-sms.de • Use 12 digit number, leading 0 t-mobile-sms.de • Use 11 digit number |
Germany |
| Vodafone | vodafone-sms.de • Use leading 0 |
Germany |
| Orange | search ongoing | France |
| SFR | sfr.fr | France |
| Bouygues Telecom | mms.bouyguestelecom.fr • Difficulties reported |
France |
| Virgin Mobile | search ongoing | France |
| Free | search ongoing | France |
| 1010 | csl1010.com | Hong Kong |
| Three | sms.three.com.hk | Hong Kong |
| Broadway | search ongoing | Hong Kong |
| Fortress | search ongoing | Hong Kong |
| one2free | search ongoing | Hong Kong |
| SmarTone | search ongoing | Hong Kong |
| Wilson Communications | search ongoing | Hong Kong |
| Softbank | username@softbank.ne.jp • Note username is used, not phone number |
Japan |
| Mobily | Gateway not offered | Saudi Arabia |
| STC | Support did not respond | Saudi Arabia |
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