Re: [Staffslug] SMS from a mobile broadband dongle

Hello Everyone, I came across this the other day and I though that someone might find it useful. It's a piece of software called gammu which allows you to (amongst other things) send and receive SMS messages using a mobile broadband dongle like the like the Huawei ones that 3 sell. It's run from the command line and there is a good page about it here: http://tensixtyone.com/perma/howto-send-sms-using-a-huawei-e160g-and-debian I can see two uses for this: 1. When you sign up with 3 to top up a mobile broadband account via credit/debit card, they send you a text with a confirmation code which you need to enter on their website. With gammu, you don't need the Windows software to read the text. 2. System monitoring independent of a wired internet connection. Your web server's lost it's internet connection? Have it send you a text to tell you about it. Admittedly, I don't do systems admin work, so the second suggestion might not be particularly useful, but hopefully this will be of use to someone. Cheers, Dave. _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug