topic Re: Email to SMS/text messaging - No longer available as of December 31, 2025 in Mobility

Email to SMS/text messaging - No longer available as of December 31, 2025

DHHJH — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 11:41:05 GMT

How do I send an email as a SMS/text message? I used to use <number>@text.bell.ca or <number>@text.bellmobility.ca

Is the gateway still available? Has the address changed? Thx.

Re: Email to SMS/text messaging - No longer available as of December 31, 2025

WelshTerrier — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:16:06 GMT

UPDATE: Text via email will no longer be available as of December 31, 2025.

Email via text

Send an email using text messaging on your Bell mobile phone.

Type 6245 in the To line.
In the body of the text message, type the email address followed by a space and then type your message.
When you are done, press Send.

Text via email

Send a text message from your email account to any Bell mobile phone.

All Bell mobile phones have a unique email address: (10-digit mobile phone number)@txt.bell.ca. For example, 4165555555@txt.bell.ca.

Enter this address in the To field and enter your message in the email body.

Re: Email to SMS/text messaging

Pastjungle1 — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 11:30:37 GMT

Hello @DHHJH, @WelshTerrier ,

Did this resolve your issue by curiosity ? This method worked once in a while a month ago for us and completly stopped working recently, starting an email from gmail to 12345678xx@txt.bell.ca either doesn't do anything or returns a failure to deliver on the gmail, depending on the account trying.

Regards,

some email work but the one doesn't to send to to SMS/text

sire — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 07:48:04 GMT

i tryd to get one of my emails to sms/text as the emails bounced back saying that that email i used is blacklisted by bell

"It appears your recipient is using a Cloudmark CSI-Global blacklist for their incoming mail/sms server"

how can I get it unblocked and add it to be safe

i have used the 10 digit phone number @txt.bell.ca i have tryd calling support but they said they can't do anything

Re: Email to SMS/text messaging

Joseph L — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 19:17:32 GMT

This feature no longer works if you're sending links in the body of the text. I tried using direct IP Address for the link or full link with http:// and text with these links is not delivered and no error message. I would appreciate a solution to be able to send only the link in the text via email. Any help greatly appreciated

Email to SMS/text messaging

GhostSpectora01 — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 19:19:34 GMT

I have a few python applications on my servers at home that do various things. I need a way of being able to get alerts and send commands to these programs, and the SMS gateway is how I've been doing that for a while now. (I have different Gmail accounts for each program, so I can sperate alerts for each program individually).

For some reason over the last year, I've noticed that the performance of the SMS Gateway has dropped significantly. I will send a text to my phone and receive it hours later, and sometimes not at all.

Is there anything that can be done to fix this?

Email to SMS/text messaging

JSL — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 13:30:42 GMT

Hi,

I switched to Bell for the Email-to-SMS functionality. It recently stopped working and my work software sends alerts in a timely manner to my number directly for work.

it stopped working on Tuesday, and I am wondering if

is the feature not available?
do I need to add the sender email address to safe sender list from Bell? We were told maybe this is being blocked or delayed. I need to receive alerts from noreply@tc2000alerts.com, please add this to the safe sender list from Bell Network

Timely response would be appreciated. Thank you.

Re: Email to sms - adding safe sender list

WelshTerrier — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:39:59 GMT

Good Day.

This a community forum. As such, we cannot "add this to the safe sender list from Bell Network."

I can only assume that prior to last Tuesday, you were receiving emails by way of SMS text? Is that assumption, correct? Have you tried sending an email message to your Bell mobile number? If this is working, then have a further look at the following:

Have you checked your device Blocked list?
The Email-to-SMS functionality is working. I tested & confirmed it was working this morning. Have you made any changes to your Bell webmail options?
Check your junk mail folder?
Verify your blocked addresses & if necessary, you can add this address to your safe senders list. You can do this by logging in to your Bell webmail account. Go to Settings > Mail.
Have you confirmed that the sender emails are being sent correctly to your mobile number?

I have included these instructions for your review. Please refer to the subsection: Other ways to text

Text messaging and how do I use it?

Take care.

Re: Email to SMS/text messaging

BellDRock — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:09:47 GMT

UPDATE:

Text via email will no longer be available as of December 31, 2025.

For more information see Other ways to text.

Re: Email to SMS/text messaging - No longer available as of December 31, 2025

RodMacPherson — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:18:09 GMT

This is a service that has been included in every cellphone plan since the 90's why is it going away?
I got a message from Bell that email to SMS is being retired on Dec 31 2025.
I checked the website and it says you already retired web to SMS on March 21, 2024... so what is the new internet to SMS gateway to replace these services? Is there an API or something that I can use instead?

Surely Bell is not completely removing this service that ALL of the competition offers and not replacing it with something

Re: Email to SMS/text messaging - No longer available as of December 31, 2025

dks — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:19:02 GMT

That is correct. Bell is removing email to SMS on December 31 2025. You can find more details here.

Re: Email to SMS/text messaging - No longer available as of December 31, 2025

RodMacPherson — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:20:03 GMT

yes, I saw that. that is were I got the info that there already isn't a web to SMS gateway anymore. That doesn't answer my question: What are they replacing it with?

Re: Email to SMS/text messaging - No longer available as of December 31, 2025

WelshTerrier — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:20:53 GMT

Good Day & Welcome to the Bell Community Forum.

It is not being replaced. Bell, like other Canadian carriers, is also eliminating this service. This service will no longer be available as of December 31, 2025.

Text via email is being discontinued globally. U.S. Canada, etc.

The email-to-text feature has become a popular method for spammers to send unwanted messages. It is difficult to trace and often bypasses traditional spam filters. There are further security issues & privacy concerns associated with routing SMS traffic through email systems, especially for businesses that handle sensitive data.

All Canadian carriers are working to reduce the number of unwanted messages and malicious content sent through their networks, and email-to-SMS gateways have been identified as a major source of this issue.

Take care

Re: Email to SMS/text messaging - No longer available as of December 31, 2025

dks — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:22:54 GMT

@WelshTerrier offers the most comprehensive response absent anything official from Bell. It suggests it is another way Bell is reducing nuisance spamming for customers.

Re: Email to SMS/text messaging - No longer available as of December 31, 2025

RodMacPherson — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 16:33:06 GMT

So rather than adding spam filters or better yet for both Bell and the customers, alowing us to set a whitelist of email addresses that can send to our number, they are just trashing rhe service altogether. Thanks for taking rhe lazy route, as usual, Bell.

Re: Email to SMS/text messaging - No longer available as of December 31, 2025

dks — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 20:30:11 GMT

I understand that you don't like the change. I don't work for Bell, but simply agreed with another user and Bell customer regarding their explanation answering your question. As Bell customers in this user to user forum, we have no input or influence regarding Bell's business decisions.

Re: Email to SMS/text messaging - No longer available as of December 31, 2025

RodMacPherson — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 23:24:26 GMT

I did not intend that for you but for the Bell employees who monitor this forum since they don't offer direct e-mail to them, and the chat bot does not care. I do see that there are people who identify themselves as Bell employees in the forums, so I was just adding an additional comment to my thread.

Thank you for taking some time to also comment on my thread, (or the thread it was merged with) I know you are just voluntarily trying to add information to the discussion, and I appreciate that.

Re: Email to SMS/text messaging

Rochelle Beson — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:52:54 GMT

I don't use Gmail

Re: Email to SMS/text messaging - No longer available as of December 31, 2025

Cathy55 — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:46:22 GMT

it seems like I already am not getting my notifications from the outdoor safety device my snowmobile club uses. This is going to be a big problem for us.

Re: Email to SMS/text messaging - No longer available as of December 31, 2025

dks — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:28:05 GMT

Thanks for your concern. It is hard to say more without knowing the specific technology your device uses.