Solved Receive/Send SMS from FreeBSD

[fullauto2012]

root@kif:/usr/ports # uname -a
FreeBSD kif 11.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE #0 r321309: Fri Jul 21 02:08:28 UTC 2017     root@releng2.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64

Was wondering if anyone is aware of a port/package that allows for text SMS through the internet? Command line preferred, but I will add an alias to my apache.conf if needed.

 

[Snurg]

There are many programs for this, albeit probably not packaged for instant use.
Just search for "SIP SMS". SIP is the protocol through which SMS are tunneled.

 

[chrbr]

ports-mgmt/psearch outputs a few candidates. Just try psearch sms. I really like that tool !

 

[poorandunlucky]

fullauto2012 : SMS get sent one of two ways: 1. Through the cellular network; or 2. by e-mail.

When you use a tool that sends out SMS on the internet, what they do is send a bunch of e-mails...

1235557778@att.net;1235557778@verizon.net;1235557778@telus.ca;1235557778@sasktel.com;1235557778@provider.net

And they get a bunch of Undeliverable Mail messages, and ignore them.

That's how SMS get sent on the internet.

When you get SMS from Google or Facebook from 20000 or 55511 that's because they have a contract with a cellular provider, and those SMS get sent over the cellular network, and they get charged for each.