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SMS
William F. Maton Sotomayor wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Sep 2009, Shane Ronan wrote:
>
>> How do I send out an email if the network is down?
>
> I have had success using a GSM phone hooked up to the server via USB.
> (Bonus is that the server constantly 'charges' the phone). An ugly set
> of scripts deals with taking emails and changing them into SMS messages
> which are then transmitted through that phone to another.
>
I use an old 1xRTT Sprint phone and send SMS via SNPP. As a bonus, as
long as I know the IP the PPP connection has, I can SSH back as long as
whatever took out all my hardlines doesn't kill all the cell towers in
range.
~Seth
- References:
- SMS
- From: rossi at fidalia.com (Shaun Rossi)
- SMS
- From: mailinglists at expresswebsystems.com (Express Web Systems)
- SMS
- From: sronan at fattoc.com (Shane Ronan)
- SMS
- From: abalashov at evaristesys.com (Alex Balashov)
- SMS
- From: sronan at fattoc.com (Shane Ronan)
- SMS
- From: wmaton at ryouko.imsb.nrc.ca (William F. Maton Sotomayor)