Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 10:22:12 +1100 (EST) From: <fbsdlist@futureuse.net> To: <brad@bookandmusicclubs.com.au> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Email -> SMS Gateway on FreeBSD Message-ID: <11752.203.11.225.5.1013988132.squirrel@www.futureuse.net> In-Reply-To: <06ba01c1b45a$2c1ed900$1501a8c0@win2kws1> References: <06ba01c1b45a$2c1ed900$1501a8c0@win2kws1>
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> 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. For option 2 you'll need these numbers ... Vodafone: 0414 100 200 (Int: +61414100200) Telstra: 0418 707 767 (Int: +61418707767) Those are public SMS services offered by the carriers. You can see from the phone numbers that they are charged roughly at mobile phone rates, I don't know exactly how much that is. Optus doesn't have a service like this but I've confirmed the Vodaphone service will accept messages for Telstra and Optus users. The way the services work is you call them up (settings 8-n-1), send a internationally formatted mobile number when prompted, send the SMS message when prompted and then repeat up to another 2 times or simply disconnect. There are prompts to indicate if your message was sent successfully or not. I wrote a C program that did this but it wasn't for an email gateway and I've since lost the code anyway. I've heard of a few people scripting this, you just need a utility to call the number, send the message and interpret the results. I'm not sure how you interface this to mail. Back to the list - can anyone suggest some utilities that can call a number, send a simple ASCII message and report any output? Also, any suggestions on how to interface this with sendmail/qmail/postfix etc? Brad, if you get any replies off list could you include me on any details you get? I'm thinking about getting a similiar kind of thing working again. > Thanks in advance > > Brad Evans > Network Engineer > Doubleday Australia > +61 2 99 111 349 > www.doubleday.com.au | brad@bookandmusicclubs.com.au Regards, Aaron Hill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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