Re: Send email as a text to cell phone

Roger,

I am not in my home office... but I can tell you that Twilio will allow you to sms for like .002 cents... yes... that is two tenths of a penny.

If I was in my home office, I had another api for a company that would translate the number to a provider. then you can email for free after the first use. I think it was a few pennies or less per number. They are considered to be a SMS Gateway.

I know Twilio uses a escrow system, you charge it up and recharge when the bucket runs low.

Twilio can do many many things... I also use it along with OpenVBX to run a phone system for a small office.

https://www.twilio.com/

After a quick google... TextMagic is the SMS Gateway... I think TextMagic is who I used.

But then you have to match the Carrier String to that in a table you keep that matches Carriers to domain names...

Such as "T-Mobile" to "tmomail.com"

If you know the Carrier, which if it is a controlled group, get the info up front when you get the cell number. some carriers it is as simply as number@xxxxxxxxxx. Others have number prefixes or suffixes. You can google each carriers policy on sending an email to an sms text message.

Hope that helps...


On 2015-12-10 16:46, Roger Harman wrote:

As a side project, I'd like to investigate sending some notifications to sales reps via text message. Currently, we send emails.

Any recommendations for a source/api to retrieve the carrier for a given number? I've seen a couple via Google but wondering if anyone has real-world experience with this.

It has to be a VERY low (or no) cost implementation - at least for now. No commercial products.

Thanks.

Roger Harman
COMMON Certified Application Developer - ILE RPG on IBM i on Power

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