Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 14:06:15 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> To: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@rambo.simx.org> Cc: Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@sicfa.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Email -> SMS Gateway on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20020227120614.GD30220@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <3C705249.6020002@rambo.simx.org> References: <06ba01c1b45a$2c1ed900$1501a8c0@win2kws1> <11752.203.11.225.5.1013988132.squirrel@www.futureuse.net> <20020218002711.GA23631@oxygene.in.schickler.net> <3C705249.6020002@rambo.simx.org>
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On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 02:00:57AM +0100, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote:
> Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
>
> >On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 10:22:12AM +1100, fbsdlist@futureuse.net 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...
> >>>
> >>[...]
> >>
> >>>I'm really just after anyone with experience getting this to work.
> >>>Suggestions for programs, hardware needed - and i guess most
> >>>importantly.. is it possible.
> >>>
> >>Hi Brad,
> >>
> >>Good news - it is possible and shouldn't be very hard to do either. You've
> >>got these main options ...
> >>
> >>1. Use a 3rd party service provider, they'll have software or an email
> >>gateway you can use. We use RedRock Communications at work.
> >>
> >>2. Write your own gateway.
> >>
> >
> >3. use the email address provided by your phone operator (eg:
> >number@operator), and redirect the mail to it. Often it's only a mail
> >notify service, so only subject is sent to the phone. I've a perl script
> >which put all the content of a mail in a subject then send it. If
> >someone is interested, mail me privately.
> >
> >Btw, someone talked about software available for that in the ports.
> >Which ports exactly ?
> >
> >lucas
>
>
> /usr/ports/misc/smssend can use webbased services such as
> mtnsms.com and many others.
> It features some kind of script language that allows you to
> make scripts that enables it to use any webbased sms
> service, and comes preloaded with scripts for a lot of services.
> I havent used it more then in a few tests, but it seems to work.
>
Except it has a very badly written email2smssend Perl wrapper
that can't handle double quotes. I use the following .procmailrc
block to deliver to my mobile:
: # SMS
: SENDSMS="email2smssend -i -ms 120 -mm 8 -- umc"
: MYPHONE=xxxxxxx
: :0 c
: * ^TOru@
: * !^FROM_MAILER
: | grep -v "^ *[\>:]" | sed 's/"/\\"/g' | ${SENDSMS} ${MYPHONE}
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Cheers,
--
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