You may have read our help article on how to set up late alerts and no-show alerts, but you don't know the text format for your supervisor's cell phone provider. We have you covered. 😊
Chronotek Text Alerts
Many of our clients set up their Chronotek accounts to get alerts when employees clock in or out, or when they are late to a scheduled job. We send these alerts from our email address to theirs and can send them as text messages as well. Sending messages from email to text requires a cell ‘email address’. The technical term for text delivery this way is “email to SMS”. SMS stands for “Short Message Service”.
Using Email to Text From Your Computer
We put together a quick reference for setting up new text alert destinations for your managers and supervisors. Outside of our system, these formats work in your personal email ‘To:’ section to send email messages to someone as text messages. It can be easier, if you are already sitting at your computer, to access your email account and pop off a quick text message, rather than having to pick up your phone to type out a message. To send an email to someone as a text message, the proper format for your friend’s cell phone provider must be used.
Our phone and app-based timekeeping solution can send these alerts to multiple destinations. Separate with a semicolon (;) just like in sending through email.
List of Email-to-Text Formats
Some of our most popular providers’ formats:
Common Cell Provider Cell Email Address
AT&T XXXYYYZZZZ@txt.att.net
Boost XXXYYYZZZZ@myboostmobile.com
Cricket XXXYYYZZZZ@sms.mycricket.com
Metro PCS XXXYYYZZZZ@mymetropcs.com
Sprint XXXYYYZZZZ@messaging.sprintpcs.com
T Mobile XXXYYYZZZZ@tmomail.net
Verizon XXXYYYZZZZ@vtext.com
Virgin Mobile XXXYYYZZZZ@vmobl.com
The expanded list of Text Messaging Email Addresses:
Cell Provider Cell Email Address
ACS Alaska XXXYYYZZZZ@msg.acsalaska.com
Alltel XXXYYYZZZZ@message.alltel.com
Ameritech XXXYYYZZZZ@paging.acswireless.com
Arch XXXYYYZZZZ@archwireless.net
AT&T XXXYYYZZZZ@txt.att.net
Bell Canada XXXYYYZZZZ@txt.bellmobility.ca
Blue Sky Frog XXXYYYZZZZ@blueskyfrog.com
Boost XXXYYYZZZZ@myboostmobile.com
Carolina West XXXYYYZZZZ@cwwsms.com
Cellular One XXXYYYZZZZ@mobile.celloneusa.com
Cellular South XXXYYYZZZZ@csouth1.com
Cincinnati Bell XXXYYYZZZZ@gocbw.com
Cingular same as AT&T
Claro XXXYYYZZZZ@clarotorpedo.com.br
Comviq XXXYYYZZZZ@sms.comviq.se
Cricket XXXYYYZZZZ@sms.mycricket.com
Edge XXXYYYZZZZ@sms.edgewireless.com
Einstein PCS XXXYYYZZZZ@einsteinsms.com
Fido XXXYYYZZZZ@fido.ca
Immix XXXYYYZZZZ@immixmail.com
Metro PCS XXXYYYZZZZ@mymetropcs.com
Mobile One XXXYYYZZZZ@m1.com.sg
Ntelos XXXYYYZZZZ@pcs.ntelos.com
Optus XXXYYYZZZZ@optusmobile.com.au
Qwest XXXYYYZZZZ@qwestmp.com
Rogers XXXYYYZZZZ@pcs.rogers.com
Sasktel XXXYYYZZZZ@pcs.sasktelmobility.com
Smart XXXYYYZZZZ@mysmart.mymobile.ph
Southern Linc XXXYYYZZZZ@page.southernlinc.com
Sprint XXXYYYZZZZ@messaging.sprintpcs.com
SunCom XXXYYYZZZZ@tms.suncom.com
Sure West XXXYYYZZZZ@mobile.surewest.com
T-Mobile XXXYYYZZZZ@tmomail.net
TBayTel XXXYYYZZZZ@tbayteltxt.net
Telenor XXXYYYZZZZ@mobilpost.no
Telus XXXYYYZZZZ@msg.telus.com
Tim XXXYYYZZZZ@timnet.com
Unicel XXXYYYZZZZ@utext.com
V-Mobile CA XXXYYYZZZZ@vmobile.ca
Verizon XXXYYYZZZZ@vtext.com
Virgin Mobile XXXYYYZZZZ@vmobl.com
Vodafone XXXYYYZZZZ@vodafone.net
WellCom XXXYYYZZZZ@sms.welcome2well.com
***Where XXXYYYZZZZ is enter the 10 digit phone number without spaces or punctuation.
That's it. 😎
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