I recently ported my number to Verizon, but the SMS to email gateway doesn't recognize it

[livoniaVFF]

I ported my phone number into Verizon but when people try to send an email to thenumber@vtext.com they get a bounce stating:

Error: Invalid user address

Error message below:

550 - Requested action not taken: no such user here

Message details:

  Subject: test

  Sent date: Mon Oct 28 03:43:33 GMT 2013

  MAIL FROM: email@email.com

  RCPT TO: 1234567890@vtext.com

  From: Some Person <email@email.com>

  To: 1234567890@vtext.com

  Size (in bytes): 228

  Number of lines: 12

[SuzyQ]

How "recently"?  It can take 24-48 hours, and sometimes even longer, for the port to fully complete and for all services to be functional.