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...' > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > -- Jacques Bosch Software Architecture and Development Independent Contractor Cell: +27 824711807 Fax: +27 86 504 4726 E-Mail: jfbosch@xxxxxxxxx __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind