command line sms tool

[Mark Haney]

Pete Huckelba wrote:
> Andrew Kelly wrote:
>>     
>> Hi y'all,
>>
>> can any of you recommend a command-line tool for sending an SMS to a
>> cell phone? Half an hour of googl'ing has brought me only outdated,
>> half-finished or modem dependant stuff of little or no value.
>> Help much appreciated.
>>
>> Andy

> ATT/Cingular: phonenumber at txt.att.net
> T-Mobile: phonenumber at tmomail.net
> Virgin Mobile: phonenumber at vmobl.com
> Sprint: phonenumber at messaging.sprintpcs.com
> Verizon: phonenumber at vtext.com
> Nextel: phonenumber at messaging.nextel.com
> 
> where phonenumber = your 10 digit phone number
> 
> Try something like:
> 
> echo "my sms message" | mutt 1234567890 at txt.att.net
> 
> -Pete
> 

Nah it's really even easier than that (at least for Verizon).  Use mail 
to send a message like 'mail -s "Subject" <number>@vtext.com < 
somefilehere.txt'.

This will get you a text with a certain subject line and will include 
the contents of somefilehere.txt into the text message.  That's exactly 
how we monitor every single device we have in the company I work for and 
it works just fine.  I will say Verizon's text delivery can be spotty, 
but that might just be because I live in the ass end of nowhere in NC.



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