On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 13:20 -0500, Mark Haney wrote: > Pete Huckelba wrote: > > Andrew Kelly wrote: > >> > >> Hi y'all, > >> > >> can any of you recommend a command-line tool for sending an SMS to a > >> cell phone? Half an hour of googl'ing has brought me only outdated, > >> half-finished or modem dependant stuff of little or no value. > >> Help much appreciated. > >> > >> Andy > > > ATT/Cingular: phonenumber@xxxxxxxxxxx > > T-Mobile: phonenumber@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Virgin Mobile: phonenumber@xxxxxxxxx > > Sprint: phonenumber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Verizon: phonenumber@xxxxxxxxx > > Nextel: phonenumber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > where phonenumber = your 10 digit phone number > > > > Try something like: > > > > echo "my sms message" | mutt 1234567890@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > -Pete > > > > Nah it's really even easier than that (at least for Verizon). Use mail > to send a message like 'mail -s "Subject" <number>@vtext.com < > somefilehere.txt'. > > This will get you a text with a certain subject line and will include > the contents of somefilehere.txt into the text message. That's exactly > how we monitor every single device we have in the company I work for and > it works just fine. I will say Verizon's text delivery can be spotty, > but that might just be because I live in the ass end of nowhere in NC. @ Mark Thanks, but as I stated in my OP, my cellular provider cannot offer me e-mail service in that fashion. That would naturally make everything simple, and is in fact how I also did things in the past. Sadly, now it's a NOGO. @ Pete Thanks to you as well, but unfortunately I'm not on a US cellular network and cannot make use of any of those services. @ Everybody Many thanks for all your assistance and suggestions. As it turns out, what I've had to do is find and utilise a pay-service, which can basically cover my needs for about 5 bucks a year. Seems stupid to have to pay for what you'd think would be a freebie from your ISP, but there you go. Andy > > > -- > Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt -- Caius Julius Caesar > > > Mark Haney > Sr. Systems Administrator > ERC Broadband > (828) 350-2415 > > Call (866) ERC-7110 for after hours support >
