Sending information to a cell phone programmatically

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Wed Jul 15 01:47:23 UTC 2009


William O'Higgins Witteman wrote:
> I would like to get my computer to send me occasional updates to my cell
> phone.  I don't really care how, but it does not have a data service -
> no email or web service enabled.
>
> Ideally, I would like to have my computer send me a text message.  Does
> anyone have any experience with such thing?  Thanks.
>   
Assuming the phone can receive SMS messages, simply send an email to the
phone.  You'll have to get the details from your provider, but with
Rogers it's in the form of <phone number>@pcs.rogers.com.

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