[COLUG] SMS txt Messaging

[David D. Lucas]

I have had some issues with SprintPCS and SPAM.  They disabled my email 
gateway when I requested they filter spam out.  I complained that they 
removed me completely from receiving SMTP, but they don't get it.

So for paging from my Linux system, I wrote a quick and dirty program to 
page me and email out the page to an email address if something goes 
wrong.

The zip file contains two files, a Java based executable (which requires 
a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) ) and a config file to tell it where to 
find the JRE and the name of the MAIN Java class to execute.

You are welcome to use it at your own risk.  Donations are welcome but 
not necessary.  You can find it at 
http://www.lse.com/~ddlucas/pager/pageSprintPCS.zip .

I have mine setup to take a mail message via postfix in an alias file. 
When a mail message comes to that email address, it pipes the data 
through this program and sends it to the correct phone number.  Here is 
a snippet from my alias file of how I use it:

mypager: "|/etc/page/pageSprintPCS -to 6146684020 -from 7409646248 
-mailTo me at isp1.net,me at work.com >> /var/log/page.log"

If you have further questions let me know and I will be glad to help. 
Since it was written in Java originally, I would be happy to provide 
other platforms if there is an interest.

BTW, if SprintPCS changes their URLs for posting via Web, it renders the 
program useless.  However, if it is just a URL change, you can specify 
it, otherwise, it is more complex a change.  Also, this program tries to 
filter out email headers to minimize the message size.  It is limited to 
160 characters.



Best Wishes,
Dave


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