From: Rob Sanheim <rsanheim@...>
Date: 2007-01-09T06:12:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Sending SMS Messages With Ruby

On 1/7/07, James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
> 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

I've used teleflip before just to send to friend's cell phones from my
email, when I don't want to figure out what provider they are on.  It
works well enough, though teleflip adds some subject-line type stuff
that may look strange in the recipients cell phone.  They have been
around awhile so it seems to be a service that is going to stick
around for awhile...

- Rob