Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 17:23:28 +0100 (BST) From: Vince Hoffman <jhary@unsane.co.uk> To: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mass SMS Message-ID: <20060602171911.J60620@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20060601152435.GC51255@ns2.wananchi.com> References: <20060601152435.GC51255@ns2.wananchi.com>
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On Thu, 1 Jun 2006, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > I have a few hundred VIP clients (yes, some are more VIP than others) > who I'd like to notify, via SMS, whenever we have any network problem > and also immediately such a > problem is resolved. > > What I'm looking for is some software that I can use to do this, > within FreeBSD. I hope one of the experts in this area has done > one so I don't have to wait for the invention. > `make search key=sms` from within the ports did give some apps, > but I did not see one that is capable of looking at a database > of contact numbers and sending that one sms to all of them. > Of course I do expect a reply/delivery report after sending the sms. > > Any good pointers will be appreciated. > I have used smstools for similar (with procmail to make an email-sms gateway,) and I know gnokii has similar functionality (my new employer uses it with an old nokia gsm phone (not sure about reply/delivery report though) Vince > -Wash > > http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html > > DISCLAIMER: See http://www.wananchi.com/bms/terms.php > > -- > +======================================================================+ > |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> > Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 > +======================================================================+ > > Support your local police force -- steal!! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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