RE: FN-FORUM: Phone > SMS -> Web -> SMS -> Phone

date posted 1st February 2004 00:43


Rich,

If you're Linux savvy and have a correcly featured
phone connected via a serial port, you can use some
software called "Kannel" to send and receive text
messages via the attached phone. Did this ages ago
with an old laptop and a Nokia 2150 with data card.
Couldn't think of a groovy use for it at the time, so
left it mouldering in the machine room.

Gotchas:
- low volume, limited by single phone
- you pay for text messages you send out
- no groovy short SMS number

Wins
- cheap as chips for low volume and if you already
charge a seperate subscription fee, or can get
your attached mobile on a fixed price, many SMS
subscription

http://www.kannel.org/

Rgds,

--Chris

Chris Marshall
Secure Systems Integration Ltd
Web: http://www.secure-si.co.uk/
Tel: +44 (0) 7970 459 553
Fax: +44 (0) 1954 201 741
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of rich
> Sent: 31 January 2004 14:34
> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: FN-FORUM: Phone > SMS -> Web -> SMS -> Phone
>
>
> I have been asked to look into a way of allowing someone to
> text a message
> from their mobile to our site, we then run some code on our
> server based on
> their request and return the results to their phone...
>
> I've not done anything like that in the past... anyone done anything
> similar?
>
> thx
> //rich
>
>
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