some sms provider such as clickatell provides API's via http or email.

On 8/17/07, Gideon Guillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 8/17/07, jan gestre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > i tried some of the links  given like bulk sms but it can only send one
> at a time.
>
> Most of utilities mentioned are really meant to send one SMS at a time
> using a GSM modem. That's why you still need to write your own shell
> script to automate it.
>
> Anyway, I have to warn you. If you're sending using a GSM modem, keep
> in mind that sending an SMS will take around 8 seconds per message. So
> 6000 messages would take more than 13 hours to send if you're just
> using one GSM modem. It can be faster if you have two or more GSM
> modems. If you really need to send out that much messages in a hurry,
> you might want to hire the services of one of the mobile content
> providers instead to send your bulk messages, but that will cost you a
> lot of money.
>
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