Re: New to the list

Kumar, Praveen (cahoot) wrote:

> Hi Guys,
> 
> I am new to this list. I currently have a requirement to use the facility of
> sending an sms from my AIX servers to an identified mobile.
> 
> Can someone please let me know the requirements to accomplish this.   I am a
> resident of UK.

Hi Praveen,

be aware, this is not the most active list. 

To use smsclient, what you'll need is 

1) ability to dial out, either analog or ISDN.  We use ISDN, but I'm pretty certain it
   will work with analog/POTS too.
2) a service provider.

For instance, my service provider is Swisscom.  I don't have a need for bulk-messaging, so
I just pay per message.  Swisscom also offer bulk-purchase where you get X messages per month
at a lower price.  (or something like that).

Having said that, I believe there are also now service centres that offer SMS-sending with
an HTTP (or similar) interface. I.e. you simply do a wget on a URL, which then fires off an SMS.
Can't point you direct to any of thsese, but google should be helpful.


/Per Jessen, Zürich

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