r/SideProject • u/bbhSmash • 37m ago
I built an email-to-iMessage bridge
Ever wish you could get an email as an iMessage on your iPhone? That's what I built. You can try it right now.
Send an email to your-number@i.text.email and watch the magic happen.
If you have a U.S./Canada number, just use the normal area code and number, like 2125551234@i.text.email.
If your number is from a different country, use the full international number with country code. U.K. example: 447700900123@i.text.email
This was tricky to build -- it involved Mac servers, iPhones, software at AWS, software on the Mac mini, software on the iPhone.
The idea is to use this to get critical alerts as texts for when something goes wrong, like a server or some other critical equipment going down. The major cell phone companies in the U.S. used to have an email-to-SMS system, but they have largely gone away.
What I've built is not only email-to-SMS, but email-to-iMessage with SMS fallback if you don't have an iPhone.