From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2007-01-08T03:45:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Sending SMS Messages With Ruby

On Jan 7, 2007, at 12:32 PM, James Edward Gray II wrote:

> On Jan 7, 2007, at 12:15 PM, Sean Bryant wrote:
>
>> James Edward Gray II wrote:
>>> I'm going to need to send SMS messages from a Ruby server I am  
>>> building currently.  I just thought I would ask if anyone here  
>>> has any experience doing that and would recommend a library, web  
>>> service, web site I can mechanize, or whatever.  Any tips  
>>> appreciated.
>>> James Edward Gray II
>>
>> Most Cellphone providers will let you send SMS via email. Check  
>> with the providers for the email address. I do it all the time.
>
> Thanks for the tip.  This did help.
>
> Looking into this means and Google's simple service:
>
> http://www.google.com/sendtophone
>
> it seems I need to know the provider in either case.  Is this  
> always true?

This service seems to allow me to do it generically:

http://www.teleflip.com/

James Edward Gray II