Re: IDS Alert -> Mobile Phone Text Message

From: "Art S. Kagel" <kagel@bloomberg.net> > >I use SPRINT PCS here and just email to <my phone number>@sprintpcs.com and >the first 100 chars or so show up as a text message on my phone. Contact >local cellular and/or PCS providers and see what options they have. Also >those services that require manual text entry are likely using text pager >interfaces which is well defined so contact them for docs on how to do >that through software as well. It may involve calling a particular phone >number and uploading the text there. Well, in case anybody in the UK missed it the first time around, you can go to http://www.genie.co.uk, register your details and then you can send an email to your mobile phone. So there. :-) >Mr Creosote wrote: > > > > I am aware that there are systems out there that have been set > > up such that when an event is detected by the ALARMPROGRAM it > > pages an administator. I am UK-based and would like a similar > > mechanism but have the ALARMPROGRAM send a Text Message to a > > mobile 'phone (porbably via email?) - any ideas anyone ? I have > > no problems generating email messages from our Informix server. > > I am aware that www.breathe.com (amongst others I am sure) > > offers this free service but it currently needs manually entered > > text - i.e. cannot be driven by an email. > > > > Regards > > > > Mr Creosote > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Got questions? Get answers over the phone at Keen.com. > > Up to 100 minutes free! > > http://www.keen.com ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com