urgent help sms sending

[Sriram]

Hi   I've posted my requirement earlier too. I got a SMPP connection from my telco with serverIP,port #,user name,password & sender address. i've setup kannel too. i have got a list of mobile numbers from my telco to whom i need to send the same text . i downloaded the kannel source and installed from it. there i found a interesting python program under "contrib" directory that reads list of numbers from "~./numbers.dat" ..my queries : 1.wht is the directory - ~ ? i understand "./" is current directory 2.will i have to export those numbers from excel to a text file and name that as .dat ? any compatibility issues like line endign characters or so ? 3.Is cygwin OK to solve my purpose cos load wont be much only 500 sms daily that i have to push 4. is the python script i found .... OK to solve my purpose   Thanks a ton Sriram