To have a text message alert sent to a telephone, use your carrier's Email-to-SMS gateway by adding one or more email addresses to be forwarded as text. For example, add  5551234567@vtext.com as an email address to receive a text message on a verizon cell phone number 5551234567. For a full list of such gateways please refer to the table below.  And be sure to test your entry before adding it to your device configuration:  send an email to `your phone`@`your gateway` and make sure that you receive it as a text message..

Note: both Amazon and Mobile carriers punish us for sending alerts to invalid addresses.  To avoid that, we will permanently block an email that comes back to us from your carrier as 'blocked'. So please do test your entry as described above!

Do not add '1' before your area code for US and Canadian carriers.

Note that some carriers prioritize these messages lower than standard text messages, so it may take longer for your message to go through. You can add up to 5 email addresses to your MySpool device configuration. To update your device configuration, login to myspool.com and click on MY DEVICES menu. Then click on Configure Device link for your device.

If your cell carrier is not listed above, try entering your phone number at freecarrierlookup.com.

Carrier specific help:   Verizon