Re: [program-l] Sending SMS's via code components/objects

  • From: Jacques Bosch <jfbosch@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:47:04 +0200

Pretty sure no provider is going to allow unlimited or even anything
more than very small amounts of free messaging.



On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Things may have changed since then, but when I looked into this a couple
> years ago, I could not find a free way of sending a text message to anyone
> based on mobile phone number.  Each provider has a way of sending to someone
> on its network via a certain email address that includes the phone number
> sequence.  I had to get info about each provider's email syntax, however --
> there was no consistent syntax across providers.   I think there were
> commercial libraries that would do this, or ways of doing it freely if one
> registerd on a web site that tried to sel you more services in exchange for
> a limited amount of free texting to anyone.  One could conceivably automate
> such web forms, but it is tricky because the providers try to code their web
> sites so that they are resistant to such automation attempts.
>
> If anyone knows otherwise, I am interested as well.
>
> Jamal
>
>
> On 1/25/2011 6:05 AM, Jacob Kruger wrote:
>>
>> While I know there are some providers out there that provide a sort of
>> e-mail service, which lets you send a message to someone's phone by
>> sending an email to something like 12345678912@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:12345678912@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, they don't all work that way,
>> so it's most likely rather specific to network areas/providers, etc.,
>> but just wondering off-hand how you would otherwise try something like
>> sending a text message to someone's phone, either using something like a
>> sim card plugged into phone, or however...?
>> This is in C# etc., since know could easily enough do it off the phone
>> using python, but not sure how would initiate the process, unless did
>> something like (and this might be a bit insane) initiate something like
>> a bluetooth connection to a python app running on the handset, waiting
>> for a connection, and then sending a message from there...?
>> Stay well
>>
>> Jacob Kruger
>> Blind Biker
>> Skype: BlindZA
>> '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
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