Check Your Email over SMS

Search your inbox, get alerts for important emails, and pull details like confirmation codes, phone numbers, tracking updates, and delivery dates — all without a smartphone.

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You have 4 new emails. Here’s the quick summary:

- United Airlines: “Your trip to Chicago” — confirmation code XY7H3Q, departs Fri 10:05 AM
- Karen @ Peak Realty: “Updated offer” — buyers willing to go up in price, exact number not specified
- Amazon: “Arriving today” — order 113-4411 expected by 8 PM
- Priya Shah: “Offsite agenda (thread)” — 5 messages, decisions summarized

What’s the confirmation code for my flight on Friday?

Email You Can Use, Even with a Flip Phone

Search your own inbox, get instant alerts for the messages that matter, and pull out the exact details you need — confirmation codes, phone numbers, delivery dates, and more.

Show me my unread emails from today.

3 unread: 1) Amazon delivery update (arriving today). 2) United flight check-in opens tomorrow. 3) HR: benefits enrollment reminder.

Summarize the thread “Contract update with North Ridge Partners.”

5-message thread: scope reduced by 10%; price unchanged; final draft due next Wednesday; they’ll send countersigned PDF by Friday.

Open the attached invoice PDF from Blue Harbor and tell me the total due and due date.

Invoice total $1,842.16, due August 31. Line items: design retainer and 2 change orders.

Search, Read & Summarize Your Email

Ask for exactly what you need and get it by text — unread triage, thread summaries, attachment highlights, and key details like codes, dates, phone numbers, and links.

Deep search across your own inbox with natural language
Read and summarize PDF/DOCX attachments straight from SMS
Condense long threads into a few clear bullet points

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Alert me for emails from boss@acmecorp.com and anything mentioning “offer letter”.

Done. I’ll text you instantly for that sender or subject/contents containing “offer letter.”

You received an email with the subject "Offer letter approved" from Acme Jobs that matched your filters because the sender is "jobs@acmecorp.com". Summary: HR signed off; start date flexible; next step is to confirm compensation band.

Get Text Alerts for What Matters

Stay on top of critical messages without refreshing an inbox. Set alerts for specific senders, domains, or keywords, and we’ll text you a short summary the moment those emails arrive.

Instant SMS alerts for VIP senders or important subjects
Smart previews so you can triage without opening an app
Quiet hours and schedules so alerts arrive when you want

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Customer Testimonials

SmarterDumbphone is helping people stay off their smartphones without missing what matters. Here’s what our users have to say:

I’m on job sites all day and switched to a text-only phone to focus. SmarterDumbphone lets me search my email by text — permits, invoices, phone numbers — and get alerts about emails from clients so I never miss something important.

Daniel R

General Contractor

I got the new Lightphone because I wanted to spend less time on my iPhone and mostly loved it, but it annoyed me that it didn’t do email and I was worried that I’d miss messages from work. Now I can keep on top of my email from my LP3 without having to carry a second device.

Anna E

Marketing Manager

Your Inbox, Handled

Stay on top of email with fast search, summaries, and alerts — all by text.

Works with Any Email

Connect Gmail, Google Workspace, Outlook/Hotmail, iCloud, Fastmail, and any IMAP account — manage it all from SMS.

Unread Summaries by Text

Get quick, skimmable snapshots of new messages so you can triage fast without opening an app.

Keyword & Sender Alerts

Choose VIP senders or phrases (like “offer letter” or “invoice”) and get instant SMS alerts with a short summary.

Deep Inbox Search

Ask questions like “What’s my United confirmation code?” or “What’s Karen’s phone number?” and we’ll find it.

Thread & Attachment Summaries

Condense long email threads and pull key details from PDF or DOCX attachments — totals, dates, names, and more.

Delivery & Travel Details

Extract tracking numbers, ETAs, flight codes, check-in windows, and reservation info from your emails by text.

Privacy-First Controls

We only read emails you ask us to, and we don't store your data. You control alerts, quiet hours, and can always pause or disconnect accounts as needed.

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