On Thu, July 12, 2007 7:07 pm, Brian Dunning wrote: > Here's another thing that would be nice: A web service to look up the > carrier for a cell number. That way you could simply send an email to > phonenumber@xxxxxxxxxxx, though this would still be only a partial > solution. This is a lot harder now that numbers are transportable > between carriers. If you have the service from the SMS vendors, you can lookup the carrier for any number. If there was a web service for it, you'd have a zillion more spammers using those gateways to send text messages to random cell numbers. Oh joy. > I was not able to find any service provider that makes the SMS > messages appear to come from the sender's cell phone, so they could > be replied to normally. So you'll have to play postman and route things through your number. Doesn't seem that onerous to me... -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
