Re: send text msg to phone from IBM i

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jay,

Text messages are sent via a cell phone network -- so in order to send 
them DIRECTLY, your IBM i would need cell phone service as well as the 
appropriate hardware to be connected to the cell phone network.

The alternatives that most people use are (1) Email gateways, which 
you've already mentioned, and (2) various APIs on the Internet that you 
can call from your program, and they handle the interfacing with the 
cell phone network.

-SK

On 11/6/2022 5:27 PM, Jay Vaughn wrote:
> I know you can send a txt msg with the SNDSMTPEMM command if you know the
> phone number's carrier...
>
> Aside from calling a 3rd party web api, is there a way to send text
> messages from the IBM i to a phone number if you don't know the carrier?
>
> tia
>
> Jay