[clug] sms from the command line?

[Michael Still]

On 17/11/11 10:32, jm wrote:
> 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.

I have just discovered that pennytel allege to have a SMS sending API.
It costs 5 cents per SMS. I haven't had a play with it yet, but it is on
the list of things to do...

Mikal