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Send SMS through carrier email gateways

Many mobile networks give every subscriber a special email address that delivers a text message. Pick the carrier, enter the number, type your message and send — no SMS credits or third-party account needed.

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How a gateway works

1 The network gives each subscriber a gateway address built from their mobile number and the carrier domain.
2 The co-operative sends an ordinary email to that address with the message in the body.
3 The carrier converts the email into an SMS and delivers it to the phone.

Delivery depends on the carrier. Gateways are offered voluntarily by mobile networks, so availability, number formats and delivery speed differ from country to country. Many African, Latin American and South Asian networks do not publish a public gateway — for those markets a dedicated SMS service is the dependable route. Always send a test message to your own number before notifying members.

Compose an SMS

Choose the carrier, enter the mobile number and type the message. The gateway address is built for you.

Pick a member (fills the details below)

Recipient name

Country

Carrier

Mobile number Include the country or local dialling code if you have it.

Carrier gateway domain Ask the carrier’s business support team for its email-to-SMS domain, or search for it online.

More recipients (optional, one number per line) Every number is sent through the carrier chosen above.

Message

Encoding: GSM-7 0 characters

Email subject Some gateways show the subject as a prefix — keep it short.

Gateway address Built automatically — edit it if your carrier needs a different format.

Before you send

Send a test to your own number first, then notify members.
Keep the message under 160 characters so it arrives as a single text.
Longer messages are split into segments and may arrive out of order.
Some carriers only accept the national number without the country code.

Message preview

No recipient yet

Your message will appear here as the recipient will see it.

Gateway address not built yet.

Carrier directory

Email-to-SMS gateways around the world

Search by carrier or country, copy a gateway domain, or load one straight into the composer.

Carrier not listed?

Many networks never advertise a gateway. Search for your carrier’s email-to-SMS gateway, ask its business support team for the domain, then choose Other country / custom gateway in the composer and paste it in. If a carrier has no gateway at all, a dedicated SMS service is the only reliable option for that network.

Dispatch history

Recent gateway messages

Sent	Recipient	Carrier	Gateway address	Segments	Status
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Delivery is controlled by the mobile network, so a carrier can accept a message without reporting a delivery confirmation back to us.