From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 28 10:21:29 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0779F106566C for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 10:21:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E86A8FC19 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 10:21:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o2SALMeR054929 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:21:23 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Message-ID: <4BAF2DA2.4080706@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:21:22 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Ron (Lists)" References: <4BAED536.2060205@rzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <4BAED536.2060205@rzweb.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.3 at happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_ADSP_ALL, SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.0 (2010-01-18) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd, postfix and push email X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 10:21:29 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 28/03/2010 05:04:06, Ron (Lists) wrote: > Is there a way to get my freebsd/postfix setup to send push > notifications to an iPhone (I assume other smart phones work the same > way). I've searched the web and I can't find any information about how > to make this work. I know it can be done with Exchange and ActiveSync, > but I don't want to run any kind of exchange server. > > Thanks for any help, or even a point in the right direction. Sounds like what you want is an e-mail to SMS gateway. There are several scripts in the ports for generating SMSes from the command line, which you should be able to make use of. You'll need to choose something appropriate for your area. Otherwise you're looking at proprietary software as used by the likes of Blackberry. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkuvLaEACgkQ8Mjk52CukIzWsgCfcAoObsvsXslpdPdoSxeP5MSS jeMAn3MrC0WlaeKxjDwBQax+VGww9ZSg =gy88 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----