Re: Text messaging from the web

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On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Sebastian Detert
<php-maillist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Larry Martell schrieb:
>
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Sebastian Detert
> <php-maillist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Larry Martell schrieb:
>
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Paul M Foster <paulf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>
> Folks:
>
> Being fairly geezerly, I know almost nothing about this, so be gentle.
>
> Assuming someone entered information in a form on a website. Normally,
> you would email the responses to someone. But what if you wanted to
> send this information to a smartphone via text messaging?
>
> Is this possible, given normal programming tools (PHP/Javascript), or
> would you have to go through some commercial web to text messaging
> gateway? Does anyone know if this could be done, and how?
>
>
> You can send a text message via email:
>
>     Verizon: 10digitphonenumber@xxxxxxxxx
>     AT&T: 10digitphonenumber@xxxxxxxxxxx
>     Sprint: 10digitphonenumber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     T-Mobile: 10digitphonenumber@xxxxxxxxxxx
>     Nextel: 10digitphonenumber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     Cingular: 10digitphonenumber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     Virgin Mobile: 10digitphonenumber@xxxxxxxxx
>     Alltel: 10digitphonenumber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     CellularOne: 10digitphonenumber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     Omnipoint: 10digitphonenumber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     Qwest: 10digitphonenumber@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> Me again ;) Is that for free? I just found this interesting site:
> http://www.tech-faq.com/how-to-send-text-messages-free.html
>
>
> Yes, you can send text messages for free this way.
>
>
>
> I just tried it. I guess, it is only possible to use those E-Mails if you
> are a customer of that phone company, right? I tried it with my own provider
> (O2 germany),
> sending an email to phonenumber@xxxxxxxxxxx failed, I had to activate that
> serviceby sending +OPEN to 6245, but every email to sms costs money ...
> Are you sure it is possible to send sms to phones around the world to any
> provider? How do u distinguish between provider and country?
>
> I'm sorry if I'm asking stupid stuff

I have no idea how it works in other countries or with every single
provider. I do know that here in the US I do it all the time with the
carriers I listed above. I have cron based monitors that text people
via email when there are problems.

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