[ale] phone notifications for homebrew automation

Calvin Harrigan calvin.harrigan at gmail.com
Sun Nov 9 07:03:00 EST 2025


On 11/9/2025 3:03 AM, Alex Carver via Ale wrote:
> Where did you hear that email gateways are going away?
>
> On 2025-11-07 03:40, Calvin Harrigan via Ale wrote:
>> I believe you can send texts via email (via a EMG) on most phone 
>> systems.
>> Just followed up, seems that this feature is going away this year or 
>> has already gone.
>> Shame. They claimed it was a spam magnet, but I've never gotten a 
>> spam via email to text.
>> I'm guessing they wanted to mothball the infrastructure.
>>
>>
>> On 11/6/2025 8:58 PM, Pete Hardie via Ale wrote:
>>> Anyone know of a system/tool that will send notifications to a phone 
>>> with low latency for such things as DIY/non-monopolistic home 
>>> automation?  Mainly for alerts when doorbell/security cam detection, 
>>> or flooding alerts
>>>
>>>
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>> Calvin Harrigan
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https://www.androidauthority.com/atnt-email-to-text-feature-shutdown-3539223/

https://www.att.com/support/article/wireless/KM1061254%20/


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