From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 1 07:12:18 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 C6EC61065673 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 2010 07:12:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from ms16-1.1blu.de (ms16-1.1blu.de [89.202.0.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 816108FC1C for ; Tue, 1 Jun 2010 07:12:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [193.31.11.193] (helo=current.Sisis.de) by ms16-1.1blu.de with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OJLdy-0004eV-Aw; Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:12:10 +0200 Received: from current.Sisis.de (current [127.0.0.1]) by current.Sisis.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o517CD5h003145; Tue, 1 Jun 2010 09:12:13 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: (from guru@localhost) by current.Sisis.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o517CDbP003144; Tue, 1 Jun 2010 09:12:13 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) X-Authentication-Warning: current.Sisis.de: guru set sender to guru@unixarea.de using -f Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 09:12:13 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: Matthew Seaman Message-ID: <20100601071213.GA2579@current.Sisis.de> References: <201006010425.o514PAN1025009@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <4C04ACF2.2090303@infracaninophile.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <4C04ACF2.2090303@infracaninophile.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT (i386) X-Con-Id: 51246 X-Originating-IP: 193.31.11.193 Cc: Olivier Nicole , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sending alarms to my mobile phone X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 07:12:18 -0000 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 - w http://www.unixarea.de/ Solidarity with the imperialistic Israel? Not in my name! ¿Solidaridad con el imperialismo de Israel? ¡No en mi nombre!