# SMS to Delta Chat Bridge: What's the best approach?

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/sms-to-delta-chat-bridge-whats-the-best-approach/4217>\
**Category:** Mutual Help\
**Tags:** android\
**Created:** [October 13, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/sms-to-delta-chat-bridge-whats-the-best-approach/4217 "2025-10-13T18:05:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![elves6322](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@elves6322](https://forum.delta.chat/u/elves6322)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/sms-to-delta-chat-bridge-whats-the-best-approach/4217/1 "2025-10-13T18:05:26Z")

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**Title:** SMS to Delta Chat Bridge: What’s the best approach?

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to build a bridge to get my SMS messages into Delta Chat with end-to-end encryption (E2EE). The main goal is to automatically forward incoming SMS from an Android device to my Delta Chat account.

### My Initial Idea

My original plan was to use a Python script within **Termux** on Android. The script would:

1. Read the latest SMS using `termux-sms-list`.
2. Format and send them as an email.

### The Problem

I’ve run into a couple of major obstacles:

1. **Email E2EE:** Implementing reliable end-to-end encryption for emails directly in Python is not straightforward.
2. **Library Compatibility:** Many common bot libraries seem to be incompatible with the Termux environment.

### My Questions

What would you recommend as the best way forward?

1. **Python & E2EE:** Should I continue down the path of implementing email E2EE in Python? Is there a simple and proven library for this that I might have missed?
2. Full VM
3. **Alternative Approaches:** Am I overcomplicating things? Would a more robust solution like a full virtual machine on the device, or a completely different approach, be more suitable?

I’m open to any advice or ideas you might have.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![DavidSM100](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/davidsm100/32/1941_2.png) [@DavidSM100](https://forum.delta.chat/u/DavidSM100)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/sms-to-delta-chat-bridge-whats-the-best-approach/4217/2 "2025-10-13T20:04:29Z")

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You should probably try to use one of the existing Deltachat bots libraries, like [deltabot-cli-py](https://github.com/deltachat-bot/deltabot-cli-py), it may be tricky to get it working on termux but it’s totally possible, in the worst case you can use proot-distro and use some distro to run the bot, I recently ran one on Alpine.

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**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/sms-to-delta-chat-bridge-whats-the-best-approach/4217/3 "2026-10-13T20:05:01Z")

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