Email to text - vtext.com blacklisting ip

Wed Aug 17 09:31:37 UTC 2016

We use Zang.io and are very happy. Be careful when using long codes (10
digit numbers) as if you send too many messages out in a day (500+) the
larger carriers such as Verizon will start blocking you. As Jeff mentioned
if your monitoring tool is onsite and the internet goes down then it's
worthless. In our case it's in another DC so if everything goes down we
still get alerts. You can also try twilio and telnyx.

On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 7:33 PM, Sam Norris <Sam at sandiegobroadband.com>
wrote:

> Same boat...  We are sending messages to PHONENUMBER at vtext.com and getting
> bouncebacks or lost items.  I assume its because some limits are now being
> put
> into place.  We are a Verizon subscriber so I am paying, it is not a free
> service.  But .... I am totally up for paid services if you can recommend
> some
> that will reliably get us texts to our verizon phones.
>
> Sam
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces at nanog.org] On Behalf Of Ryan, Spencer
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 4:17 PM
> > To: Josh Luthman; Mike
> > Cc: NANOG list
> > Subject: RE: Email to text - vtext.com blacklisting ip
> >
> > I agree. Pay Pager duty or a SMS gateway with a SLA. Relying on  the free
> service
> > for anything critical is asking for trouble.
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
> >
> >
> > -------- Original message --------
> > From: Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com>
> > Date: 8/16/16 6:09 PM (GMT-05:00)
> > To: Mike <mike-nanog at tiedyenetworks.com>
> > Cc: NANOG list <nanog at nanog.org>
> > Subject: Re: Email to text - vtext.com blacklisting ip
> >
> > If it's critical I'd suggest a service than can depended on...
> >
> > Josh Luthman
> > Office: 937-552-2340
> > Direct: 937-552-2343
> > 1100 Wayne St
> > Suite 1337
> > Troy, OH 45373
> >
> > On Aug 16, 2016 5:45 PM, "Mike" <mike-nanog at tiedyenetworks.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >
> > >     I have a server that monitors my network and issues text messages
> if
> > > there are events of note that require human intervention. There is some
> > > process filtering that ensures it also is not able to issue more than 1
> > > alert maximum per 5 minutes, to ensure it doesn't flood pagers with
> > > messages all screaming the sky is falling when things are not going
> well.
> > > Recently however, this server is no longer able to deliver messages to
> > > vtext.com - it gets nothing but 554 errors:
> > >
> > >
> > > telnet 69.78.67.53 25
> > > Trying 69.78.67.53...
> > > Connected to 69.78.67.53.
> > > Escape character is '^]'.
> > > 554 txslspamp10.vtext.com
> > > Connection closed by foreign host.
> > >
> > > Granted on some days during challenging times it can send 30 or 40
> > > messages before we get to it and get it squelched / silenced, but it's
> > > otherwise reasonably well behaved IMHO and I don't think we are any
> heavy
> > > volume sender. So I am trying to figure out why it's blacklisted then
> and
> > > am rolling snake eyes.  If anyone who is an admin for verizon or who
> has
> > > any insight to share I'd certainly appreciate it. Email to text is a
> > > critical function we depend on.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>