smtp server -> vtext.com problem?

[JTsao]

It's in the title - for some reason, my IoP programs that send me a text have not been doing so over the past couple of hours - I ran some programs manually and did not get any messages through - I am using the default server and emailing to #@vtext.com to convert messages to a text

EDIT: This morning, messages from last night seem to be arriving, (although some are out of order) - about 12 hours late - not sure what happened, but only my phone (Verizon) was effected, my family (T-Mobile) was not

 

 

Edited May 18, 2022 by JTsao
update

[MrBill]

both Verizon's and AT&T's text gateways frequently get bogged down with spam.  I used to use that method for notifications but have moved all notifications to Pushover, most thru the notification node server.  There's also a method to send Pushover directly from a Network Resource without a node server. 

Another method that works for me I have Spark Mail as a second mail client on my phone.  It's set up on the same email box that the ISY sends From....  If the ISY sends TO that inbox Spark Mail is set to produce notifications for all messages received.

[JTsao]

OK this happened again - all email to text messages sent after 6:30PM or so did not show up until the next morning and they are out of sequence - hoping this problem fixes itself because there's really nothing I can do...

[MrBill]

46 minutes ago, JTsao said:

there's really nothing I can do...

As previously mentioned... don't rely on text messages, us an alternative method.  The email to text gateway at your cell provider gets nailed with spam that clogs the opening up for all users.  It's not an ISY problem it's an email to text at your provider problem.

two great alternatives posted above....

[JTsao]

Thanks for the suggestions - I am going to start to investigate this as well as moving all of my node servers to PG3

[ISYhbsh01]

I have been having those issues for quite some time. I have read somewhere a while ago that this is an issue between Google & Verizon, each blaming the other. It's on my to do list to switch over to use outlook.com as the email provider for sending ISY text messages. I just never got around to do that.

[hart2hart]

It’s Verizon. They posted a couple years ago that @vtext.com was going to be significantly cut back or off. It was major source of text spam.

I did as someone suggested and installed Spark email app on phone. The email address I assigned to it is only for HA messages. It works well with proper notifications turned on. Yes another app but it’s reliable method.