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[ILUG] sending SMS from linux box.

[ILUG] sending SMS from linux box.

Declan Houlihan deccy at csn.ul.ie
Wed May 18 17:11:15 IST 2005


qpage seems to be the job but I'm a little confused after reading the
man pages. 

Do I need to get an account with some kind of service provider or
does the modem in the Linux box dial the pager/cell phone directly?

Dec.

On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 06:42:43AM +0100, Anders Holm wrote:
> Declan Houlihan wrote:
> 
> >Hi Guys,
> >I have a linux box, I want to send an SMS from this box to my cell
> >phone. I want to send the SMS through the modem in the Linux box using
> >some kind of SMS protocol. I don't want to use the internet to send
> >the message.
> > 
> >
> qpage is your friend in this case.
> 
> >Does anybody know how to do this? Do I need an account with some kind
> >of SMS or paging service? What kind of account do I need?
> >
> >BTW, I'm situated in San Francisco and it's AT&T phones I will be
> >delivering the messages to.
> >
> >If anybody can point me in the right direction that would be great.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Dec.
> >
> > 
> >

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Declan Houlihan
deccy at csn.ul.ie
http://www.deccy.com
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