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buzzin
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 Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 12:32 am Post subject: HOWTO: Send Free SMS txts from your shell (UK ONLY) |
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AIM
The Aim of this Howto is to show how UK gentoo users can get free sms txts from your shell.
Background
I dont send many sms messages, but when i do, im mostly in front of my machine. There are lots of free sms sites and m$ utils like icq, but they can be slow or a pain in the butt to use. http://www.118888.co.uk/ offers 10 free messages a day, to uk numbers and the txts seem to get delivered quite fast. This method could be used with other providers by getting a different sms template file.
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net-misc/smssend
Free account on 118888
118.sms file
INSTALL
1) Install smssend
2) Save the 118.sms file to /usr/share/smssend
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cd /usr/share/smssend
wget http://steeev.f2o.org/sms/118.sms
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DONE
You can now send a sms using
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smssend 118.sms <username> <password> <mobile number> "<message>"
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OPTIONAL EXTRAS
3) Create a quick script to send a sms. Paste the following code into /usr/bin/local/sms.sh and edit the username and password fields
(This can be adapted to use any sms file you prefer)
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#!/bin/bash
#
# Quick script to send a free txt via smssend and 118
USERNAME="user@email.com"
PASSWORD="password"
#read info
echo -n "Phone Number : "
read -e PHONE
echo -n "MSG : "
read -e MSG
smssend 118.sms $USERNAME $PASSWORD $PHONE "$MSG"
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Dont forget to make it executable 
| Code: | | chmod 555 /usr/bin/local/sms.sh |
(to give everyone access)
Then whenever you want to send a txt, just type sms.sh into your shell.
Hope this helps someone else. |
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riggagoogoo
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| Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 10:18 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks for this its very handy. |
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Joelio
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| Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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Diamond Tipped Tip.
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dan2003
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Location: somewhere near london, UK
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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heya,
i'm trying to use smssend with the orangeuk provider but i keep getting "login failed"
Anybody using this successfully? |
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davidblewett
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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Most wireless providers provide an email <-> SMS gateway. By simply sending an email to the wireless#@gateway.provider.net, you can usually get one through. You can Google for the various gateway and address formats.
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digital_
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| Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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Verizon Wireless (large US provider) has a free email-sms service. Go to vtext.com to sign-up, it's free.
You can then email your phone like this: 'nickname'@vtext.com and have it forwarded to your phone. You can then integrate this however you want with email-based messaging systems. |
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dan2003
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| Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:37 am Post subject: |
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I'm in the uk, have found a few options but have made do with a simple "email alert" feature which orange offer.
This allows filters to be set so that emails containng key words will cause an sms to be sent to yr phone. |
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Gentree
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| Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 8:12 am Post subject: |
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Nice tip, fast to install worked first time.
Saved me loads of time . Thx 
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Gentree
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| Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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well when I said "worked" I mean the script worked a treat , login OK and got a msg sent succesfully.
No-one's actually got a msg yet 
Correction , they got through a bit after.
Do you know any good UK sms to email gateways?
Cheers.
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cs02rm0
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| Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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Awesome. Worked as quick as sending it off my phone, but with extra geek factor
Cheers.
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arthurtech
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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Nice tip - works nicely from here (1st txt has just arrived as I type).
I've had exactly no luck with the orange script either. Don't s'pose anyone's figured it out?
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dezydery
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| Can these 118 people be trusted not to share your phone number with anyone else? Or the phone numbers of the people you're texting? I couldn't find a privacy policy... |
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iainel
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Anybody still using this? If so, where are you signed up to for sending free online SMS? |
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Gentree
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| Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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Bummer , they've discontinued the free service.
I now get a 404 if try to send. 
Anyone finding a new link pls post.
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