About using Kannel for sending sms

[vik_nuckchady]

Hi!

i am interested in an application (which i am thinking of writing) that would probe my mailbox (or any other event) and send me an SMS to inform me about it's occurence.

If i understand correctly, i could setup Kannel as an sms box on my Linux machine and connect it to my service center. So whenever my application reads a new mail, i could use kannel in that respect to send an sms to my phone. Could you please correct me on my understanding? If anyone has done such a thing do you have any advices.

i am currently living in Finland and was wondering if anyone has tried this overhere. Is there any legal constraints of using the network provider (in this case Sonera) to send "free" (because i am not really sending anything from my phone but only receiving) sms.

Thanks for any help

regards Vik