[clug] sms from the command line?

[jm]

There are two common ways to do this,

1) use a gsm/umts modem (could be a phone)
2) use an external provider

In the case of 1, there is a program (called sms-tools?) that behaves 
similar to a mail daemon. It will watch a directory for message to send 
polling once a minute. Any messages you wish to send are simple written 
as a file to the directory in a simple format. One message per file. 
When I had to do this I wrote a simple program called smsdrop (named for 
maildrop) which was setuid to write these files. Don't know if I still 
have a copy of that program though.

hope this rushed explaination helps,

Jeff.


On 17/11/11 10:01 AM, Carlo Hamalainen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a cheap way to send a text message to an Australian mobile
> phone number from the command line in Linux? I need to monitor a
> server, and based on current experience I would only send  about 3 to
> 5 messages per year. I'm on Internode with Nodephone is that is any
> help.
>
> -- Carlo