SMS notifications

[Yaniv]

For free sms you can use icq sms (if available for your country) 


I have connected a cell phone (nokia) to a windows xp box... 
Installed nokia pc suit
Installed Microsoft sms sender
Enabled telnet on the windows box
Created a BAT file with the sms sender syntax
Used BAT2EXE to convert the file to exe
Created a expect script on the linux BOX to telnet to the windows and
execute the sms script.


My opinion is that using a cell phone is better than some external SMS
gateway...
Because if your internet fails.. how will you reach the external SMS
gateway?





-----Original Message-----
From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Steve
Shipway
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 09:31
To: 'Nagios Users Mailinglist'
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] SMS notifications

> > On Jun 16, 2008, at 11:06 AM, Luc MAIGNAN wrote:
> >
> >> Isn't there a free way to send SMS via Nagios ?
> >
> > Most cell phone companies have an e-mail -> sms gateway service.
> >

Count yourselves lucky, here in New Zealand they charge you to use it in
either direction.  You need to pay to allow people to email your phone,
and/or you need to pay to allow yourself to email to SMS.

New Zealand mobile operators really screw the customer.  Prices are
astronomical compared to Europe or the USA.

The cheapest way for us was to get a phone and connect it to a linux box
making our own email to SMS gateway.  Of course, you mustn't tell the phone
company you're doing this or else they want to charge you on a different
(much higher) billing plan...

Steve

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