title: Delays in SMS texting via email from PHP
body: <p>I'm currently using a php class that simply sends texts by using the email-to-text gateway that each carrier uses (e.g. XXXXXXXXX@tmomail.net for T-Mobile), but that has 2 problems - the first is that there seems to be a random delay before the text is received, and this can be lengthy, and secondly if you don't know the target carrier you're stuck with sending a email to every carrier's email gateway.</p>
  
  <p>I've tried to solve the first problem by using various email methods, from simply using php's mail to using Swiftmailer to send via a 'real' gmail account and makes no difference. Which is odd, because I find if I manually do this via my own email client I don't get such length delays, even when using the same Gmail account? </p>
  
  <p>Alternatively, I could go with a service like Clickatell, but was wondering if anyone else has experienced these issues? I only need to send a small number of texts.</p>