Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 11:04:25 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1014224665.999716@mired.org> To: Matt of the Long Red Hair <mattp@conundrum.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, brad@bookandmusicclubs.com.au Subject: Re: Email -> SMS Gateway on FreeBSD Message-ID: <15469.16281.53037.243095@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <122832917@toto.iv>
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Matt of the Long Red Hair <mattp@conundrum.com> types: > On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Brad wrote: > > I'm looking to set up an Email -> SMS gateway on my FreeBSD machine. Its > > primary use will be to notify a list of mobile phones via SMS if a server > > goes down... We currently have scripts written which notify by email, so i > > figure we continue using these scripts, and just change the email address to > > mobilenumber@foo.bar.com and that sms's the appropriate mobile. > There's nothing out of the ordinary in what you're doing. From the sound of > it, you aren't actually running an Email->SMS gateway on your box.. presumably > your mobile carrier is doing that for you, and will be able to tell you what > the right email address is to get to your phone. All you need to do is send > your notification messages to the right email address. And if you want to send the messages directly from your machine, look in the ports tree. There are tools to do that as well. BTW, you only needed to send one copy of the message. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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