[ILUG] Email -> SMS gateway

[Peter McEvoy]

More to the point, is there SMS server software that can be run from a linux
box:  I'm thinking software dials a modem which dials my mobile and passes
SMS messages to me - surely this type of thing should be around?  How does
SMS work anyway?  Is it a store and forward system from your operator?  Can
I decide who my operator is?  10p per message seems extreme for a few
bytes - what are my options?


> Does anybody know is it possible to programmatically send an
> email to an SMS gateway/phone from Linux? What I'm thinking of is
> something like a monitoring daemon that waits for (say) httpd to
> fall over and then sends an SMS to the net admin. I've tried to
> construct requests some of the free SMS services (like Lycos) but
> no luck. Has anybody done this?
>
> Rory
>

Peter McEvoy
Senior Technical Analyst
IONA Technologies PLC