On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Stefan Nantz wrote:
> dose anybody knwo hoe to send a SMS messages from a linux box to and SMS mobile
> like telstrat or optus ???
First you need to determine which access method is best for your situation.
Your options are :
1. If your linux box is connected to the internet then it can send a message
through one of the web -> SMS portals such as www.smsmebaby.com.
2. If your linux box has an attached modem it can call up the modem -> SMS
gateways that most of the telcos have. The protocol that these gateways
talk is either proprietary or a protocol called TAP. A reasonable
explanation of TAP can be found at
http://www.telstra.com.au/mobilenet/services/dialup.htm
3. As suggested by Peter Worboys you can hook a mobile phone to your linux
box and send a message through the phone.
4. If you're extremely lucky you might have a direct connection to the
telco boxes that handle SMS. These boxes are called Short Message Service
Centers (SMSCs) and talk a variety of protcols such as Short Message
Peer to Peer Protocol (SMPP, www.smpp.org) and Simple Network Paging
Protocol (RFC1861).
Free software for all of the above options are available. Suggest you do
a Freshmeat (http://freshmeat.net/)search on "SMS" to find the best solution
for yourself.
Note that Telstra, Optus and Vodafone signed an agreement a few months ago
to allow eachother SMS access to their networks, so from any of the vendors
you should be able to send to any of the other networks. Also note that
some of the above access methods are not 100% reliable, so if you need to
send an urgent SMS message ("the linux box is on fire!") then you should
send the same message a number of times.
Semper Fi.
Rob.
--
SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/
More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
