What Are the Cell Phone Text Alert Addresses?

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. 😊

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”.

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.

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
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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
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***Where XXXYYYZZZZ is enter the 10 digit phone number without spaces or punctuation.

That's it. 😎

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