Subject: Re: Text Messaging through existing email

Brian it looks like you received an answer that spoke to
instant messaging (IM) instead of text messaging (the SMS
protocol.) I wanted to clear this up because it's a great
tool, and no additional software is required. 

You can send a text message to a cell phone using email,
period. It is simply a matter of getting someone's cell
phone number, and formatting the "To:" address
properly. The format depends on their cell phone carrier;
here's the format for the six most common US cell carriers:

T-Mobile:phonenumbertmomail.net 
Virgin Mobile:phonenumbervmobl.com 
Cingular:phonenumbercingularme.com 
Sprint:phonenumbermessaging.sprintpcs.com
Verizon: phonenumbervtext.com
Nextel: phonenumbermessaging.nextel.com 

where phonenumber = your 10 digit phone number

(above copied from http://www.tech-recipe
s.com/rx/939/sms_email_cingular_nextel_sprint_tmobile_verizo
n_virgin)

The only obstacle I've run into is that text messages have a
relatively small character limit of 160 characters, and the
message sent includes whatever is in the subject line, so be
concise. It's easy enough to test on your own cell phone.


On Apr 11, 2008, at 8:07 AM, Brian Lind wrote:
> Does anyone do reference text messaging through your
existing email
> system?  We're looking to add it to our services and I
was wondering
> what kind of software and/or service you're using. 
We're currently
> using Novell GroupWise 6.5 for our email.  Any
recommendations/horror
> stories?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Brian J. Lind
> Reference Librarian
> Rochester Public Library
> 101 Second St. SE
> Rochester, MN 55904


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Thanks for this valueble information.  I've just tested this
by forwarding 
your email to others and my verizon phone.  The forwarded
message did not get 
delivered to my phone but the text I typed in above the
forwarded message did 
get sent.  I just had my WEB server hard drive fill up
yesterday and I 
planned to create a script to run under a cron job that
would create a google 
calendar event with how much space is left on my drive
beginning at a 
specific size and have it sms me but this is a much better
solution and less 
coding.  The script will now run df -h parse it and then sms
me via email.

Thanks,

Thomas



On Saturday 12 April 2008 19:31, Robert Malesko wrote:
> Brian it looks like you received an answer that spoke
to instant messaging
> (IM) instead of text messaging (the SMS protocol.) I
wanted to clear this
> up because it's a great tool, and no additional
software is required.
>
> You can send a text message to a cell phone using
email, period. It is
> simply a matter of getting someone's cell phone number,
and formatting the
> "To:" address properly. The format depends on
their cell phone carrier;
> here's the format for the six most common US cell
carriers:
>
> T-Mobile:phonenumbertmomail.net
> Virgin Mobile:phonenumbervmobl.com
> Cingular:phonenumbercingularme.com
> Sprint:phonenumbermessaging.sprintpcs.com
> Verizon: phonenumbervtext.com
> Nextel: phonenumbermessaging.nextel.com
>
> where phonenumber = your 10 digit phone number
>
> (above copied from
> http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/939/sm
s_email_cingular_nextel_sprint_tmobile
>_verizon_virgin)
>
> The only obstacle I've run into is that text messages
have a relatively
> small character limit of 160 characters, and the
message sent includes
> whatever is in the subject line, so be concise. It's
easy enough to test on
> your own cell phone.
>
> On Apr 11, 2008, at 8:07 AM, Brian Lind wrote:
> > Does anyone do reference text messaging through
your existing email
> > system?  We're looking to add it to our services
and I was wondering
> > what kind of software and/or service you're using.
 We're currently
> > using Novell GroupWise 6.5 for our email.  Any
recommendations/horror
> > stories?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> > Brian J. Lind
> > Reference Librarian
> > Rochester Public Library
> > 101 Second St. SE
> > Rochester, MN 55904
>
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