From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 22 13:23:56 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BDA713E0 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2014 13:23:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from office.cnet.co.za (office.cnet.co.za [41.185.32.165]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4D8513733 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2014 13:23:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gateway.compudoc.co.za ([41.185.32.164] helo=[192.168.0.11]) by office.cnet.co.za with esmtpa (Exim 4.85_RC2) (envelope-from ) id 1Y2xpX-000JhS-7y for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 22 Dec 2014 09:55:03 +0200 Message-ID: <5497CE57.8020601@compudoc.za.org> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 09:55:03 +0200 From: Godfrey Hamshire Reply-To: freebsdlist@compudoc.za.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100722 Eudora/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Using Nokia Cell Phone or GSM Modem to send sms's Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 13:23:56 -0000 Using Nokia Cell Phone or GSM Modem to send sms's Dear Memeber I was wondering if anyone has had experience with connecting a 3g/gsm of the type you can find in Cell Phone Shops to freebsd or a old nokia symbian cell phone via its usb cable to freebsd. What I would like to to do is send sms's from the server using a 3g/gsm dongle or using an old nokia symbian cell ie warning the power is out etc etc I am doing this already via email and a clickatel api account already but sometimes these email do not get through or what ever. I am looking for alternative ways of notifying myself of power problems or what ever is going on when I am not around. I don't want to run off and buy a 3g/gsm dongle only to find I could have easily done this with a nokia symbian cell phone and its usb cable for example. Or if I have to get a 3g/gsm dongle I dont want to buy brand x only to find it does not work with freebsd but brand y does. I have been through google and frankly found nothing really helpful I was wondering if some one on this list has done this before and how did they do it etc, what did they use etc. Regards Godfrey