If anyone wants more help setting something up to send msgs through these gateways, you can contact me off line.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -ITG (ITechGeek) i...@itechgeek.com https://itg.nu/ GPG Keys: https://itg.nu/contact/gpg-key Preferred GPG Key: Fingerprint: AB46B7E363DA7E04ABFA57852AA9910A DCB1191A Google Voice: +1-703-493-0128 / Twitter: ITechGeek / Facebook: http://fb.me/Jbwa.Net On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 9:17 PM, ITechGeek <i...@itechgeek.com> wrote: > Almost all carriers have a gateway to the effect of <phone > number>@<carriers domain> > > Like to send an email to my phone as an SMS, it would be <my cell #>@ > tmomail.net (T-Mobile USA), Verizon I believe is <cell #>@vtext.net and > AT&T I believe is <cell #>@txt.att.net. > > There are a number of lists on the Internet listing carriers (some are out > of date). > > Here are a couple of lists: > http://martinfitzpatrick.name/list-of-email-to-sms-gateways/ > http://www.emailtextmessages.com/ > http://sms-gateway-service.com/?page_id=13 > http://www.sweetnam.eu/index.php/List_of_Internet_to_SMS_gateways > http://www.opentextingonline.com/emailtotext.aspx > > I would suggest contacting someone using a carrier you want to send to and > do a test to confirm the gateway is active or search the company's website, > most company's list it somewhere on their website (although I've seen a few > carriers not list it on their website). > > Likewise most carriers also allow for outgoing msgs to Internet Email. > Usually you send the msg to a carrier specific shortcode (I think T-Mobile > USA is 550), although some carriers allow you to just enter the to address > in place of the number you are sending to. > > On the Internet side these gateways are free, but remember on the cell > side the person pays whatever their standard txt rates are. > > Since I have an unlimited text plan, I use this mostly for having alerts > sent to my phone (things like server outages and alerts from my home > automation system). > > Also any company that sends a text to your cell phone that the from > address looks like an email address, they're normally sending through these > gateways (and they normally asked you who your cell carrier is). > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -ITG (ITechGeek) > i...@itechgeek.com > https://itg.nu/ > GPG Keys: https://itg.nu/contact/gpg-key > Preferred GPG Key: Fingerprint: AB46B7E363DA7E04ABFA57852AA9910A DCB1191A > Google Voice: +1-703-493-0128 / Twitter: ITechGeek / Facebook: > http://fb.me/Jbwa.Net > > On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Richard Brooks <r...@g.clemson.edu> wrote: > >> Which gateways have you used? Of particular interest >> is sending to rather exotic destinations. >> >> On 1/1/2015 4:15 PM, ITechGeek wrote: >> > My preferred method is using email to sms gateways. >> > >> > On your side that becomes free (depending on how you send the emails). >> > Most providers have a disclaimer of no guarantee of delivery via the >> > gateways, but I have yet to lose an email that way. >> > >> > Is mission critical, I would just use a service like Twilio which will >> > charge per msg, but not hard to set-up. >> > >> > >> > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > -ITG (ITechGeek) >> > i...@itechgeek.com >> > https://itg.nu/ >> > GPG Keys: https://itg.nu/contact/gpg-key >> > Preferred GPG Key: Fingerprint: AB46B7E363DA7E04ABFA57852AA9910A >> DCB1191A >> > Google Voice: +1-703-493-0128 / Twitter: ITechGeek / Facebook: >> > http://fb.me/Jbwa.Net >> > >> > On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 11:57 AM, Eduardo Robles Elvira >> > <edu...@agoravoting.com <mailto:edu...@agoravoting.com>> wrote: >> > >> > Hello: >> > >> > I have used multiple services. I currently use esendex as an SMS >> > sender provider, which is a spanish company (I'm from Spain). We >> have >> > used other services. Some important facts: >> > * sending SMS to most of the countries costs the same >> > * if you don't care if some messages don't reach their destination >> or >> > take hours, then go for the cheapest provider. that's good for >> sending >> > publicity for example. In the other hand, if you do care about the >> SMS >> > reaching always to the destination, and if you want that to happen >> > fast, then find a quality provider. In my experience esendex is good >> > (they specialized in that, for example in sending "sms >> authentication >> > codes"), but there are probably other better providers in other >> > countries. >> > * the providers might be able to send 20-50 sms/second. You could >> > scale to do more by using multiple providers at the same time. >> > >> > There are other services specialised in sending SMS, Amazon for >> > example http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sns/latest/dg/SMSMessages.html >> > those I haven't used yet. >> > >> > Regards, >> > -- >> > Eduardo Robles Elvira @edulix skype: edulix2 >> > http://agoravoting.org @agoravoting +34 634 571 634 >> > <tel:%2B34%20634%20571%20634> >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 5:41 PM, Richard Brooks <r...@g.clemson.edu >> > <mailto:r...@g.clemson.edu>> wrote: >> > > Anyone willing to share experiences on setting up >> > > (or using) an Internet to SMS interface... >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. >> > Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: >> > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. >> > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing >> > moderator at compa...@stanford.edu <mailto:compa...@stanford.edu>. >> > -- >> > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. >> > Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: >> > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. >> > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing >> > moderator at compa...@stanford.edu <mailto:compa...@stanford.edu>. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> -- >> Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. 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