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Show HN: An Email-to-iMessage Gateway

Mobile carriers have long supported email-to-SMS functionality, but in the United States, the big three (Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T) have deprecated these services. So a crop of commercial email-to-SMS services have sprung up, and one of my SaaS tools is exactly that.

But because SMS is so regulated now, and the 10DLC process is such a pain, and because I wanted to support international numbers, I embarked on making email-to-iMessage work, and I finally figured it out.

Try it now: Send an email to [email protected].

If you have a non-U.S., non-Canadian number, be sure to include the country code.

U.S. Example: [email protected] U.K. Example: [email protected] India Example: [email protected]

Whatever you do, don't forget the "i"!

Website: https://text.email

( 2 comments | 2 points | on HN )
Re:Show HN: An Email-to-iMessage Gateway by depworker on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @04:17PM (#50094478)
Love the technical achievement but genuinely wonder why you would send a message to another kind of inbox?
Re:Show HN: An Email-to-iMessage Gateway by ajaygoel on Friday October 16, 2026 @02:07AM (#50114691)
It's for important alerts that you need to act on right away. Email inboxes are cluttered. An SMS or iMessage gets your attention right away.