Sending SMS messages from eTime Xpress

Owned by Michael Shumko
Last updated: Jul 16, 2018
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Subscription SMS Service

eTime Xpress has a built-in capability to send SMS (text) messages for Alerts and Shift Change Notifications. These are sent to the Alert SMS number that is recorded in the employee's profile.

Note: to use the Alert SMS address you must subscribe to an SMS package from Celayix.

Using an Email-to-SMS Gateway

Instead of sending a text message using the subscription Alert SMS above, you can use a capability that is provided by many mobile carriers. The Email to SMS Gateway allows eTime to send an email that will end up as a text on the employee's phone rather than a message in their email program.

The content may not be the same as using the "real" SMS ability because eTime is sending an email.


Put the cellphone number in the Alert Email field along with the mobile carrier gateway address. Each carrier has its own address format. In general the format is the ten digits of the cellphone followed by the carrier's specific gateway address.E.g.,


  • AT&T   2125551212@txt.att.net
  • Verizon   2125551212@vtext.com
  • Sprint   2125551212@messaging.sprintpcs.com
  • T-Mobile   2125551212@tmomail.net
  • Other   2125551212@blablablabla.bla


To find out the carrier's specific format to do Google search for "carriername email sms gateway". There are many web resources that have this information. For example, https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-send-a-text-from-your-email-account/.

Note that not all carriers provide this service.

Celayix Software cannot make any guarantee that this will work, because it depends on the carrier's gateway service.