Sending SMS

[jesbox]

In a recent thread my struggles to send email have been exposed (and
thanks for supporting answers). Well, I would also like to try sending
SMS.

Do you have some recommendations for resources that may make that
happen with a bit less effort?

 

[Paul Cager]

In a recent thread my struggles to send email have been exposed (and
thanks for supporting answers). Well, I would also like to try sending
SMS.

Do you have some recommendations for resources that may make that
happen with a bit less effort?

I believe some telco providers will let you do this for free (or at
least they used to). I use a paid-for service http://www.txtlocal.co.uk/developers/code/
.. The Java code on that page works fine.

Alternatively you can use a mail-to-text gateway (again I don't know
of a free one). But of course you have to get email working first....

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

In a recent thread my struggles to send email have been exposed (and
thanks for supporting answers). Well, I would also like to try sending
SMS.

Do you have some recommendations for resources that may make that
happen with a bit less effort?

That is usually a service you buy.

You find a provider that charge you a small amount per
message and give you an API to send with.

A decade ago the API was typical email, but today
it is usually HTTP.

Anyway - easy to do in Java.

Arne

 

[Jim Janney]

In a recent thread my struggles to send email have been exposed (and
thanks for supporting answers). Well, I would also like to try sending
SMS.

Do you have some recommendations for resources that may make that
happen with a bit less effort?

Most cell phone companies provide email to SMS bridges. For example,
for T-Mobile sending a (short) email to

(e-mail address removed)

sends an SMS to (976) 123-4567 (which I hope is not a real number).
The exact format varies with the provider, so you have to know that in
advance.

 

[Lew]

Most cell phone companies provide email to SMS bridges. For example,
for T-Mobile sending a (short) email to

(e-mail address removed)

sends an SMS to (976) 123-4567 (which I hope is not a real number).

(976) 555-4567