Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 09:12:13 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: Olivier Nicole <Olivier.Nicole@cs.ait.ac.th>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sending alarms to my mobile phone Message-ID: <20100601071213.GA2579@current.Sisis.de> In-Reply-To: <4C04ACF2.2090303@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <201006010425.o514PAN1025009@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <4C04ACF2.2090303@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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El día Tuesday, June 01, 2010 a las 07:47:14AM +0100, Matthew Seaman escribió: > On 01/06/2010 05:25:10, Olivier Nicole wrote: > > > I would like my FreeBSD server to send alarms to my mobile phone, it > > could be voice messages or SMS. > > > > I think I can hook a voice modem to that machine, but any suggestion > > on the software side? > > Precisely what you need to do depends on who your phone company is. It > is frequently done by sending e-mail to an SMS gateway. There are > various ports designed to enable scripting of sending SMS-es to > particular providers -- see comms/p5-SMS-Send-* > > If you have a GSM modem or mobile, there are about 4 or 5 ports you > could choose from. Just do a 'make search name=sms' in /usr/ports. > > No idea about leaving a voice message -- doing voice synthesis is pretty > well covered, but making a computer dial a phone and speak into it? Concerning voice messages, in the past (around 1995) I experimented with 'vgetty' which was fine to build a UNIX based answering machine. Google for it, it seems it is still maintained. HIH matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e <guru@unixarea.de> - w http://www.unixarea.de/ Solidarity with the imperialistic Israel? Not in my name! ¿Solidaridad con el imperialismo de Israel? ¡No en mi nombre!
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