[ale] OT: How can you get all SMS into one user? / SMS Cell modem AT&T

[Jim Kinney]

Android phone with sshd and a CLI text app? I've not looked at the text
apps so it may be a moot point.
On Aug 22, 2014 8:40 AM, "David Millians" <millia at panix.com> wrote:

>
> On 8/21/2014 10:18 AM, Alex Carver wrote:
>
>> On 2014-08-21 07:10, David Millians wrote:
>>
>>> I should also add that using the @mms.att.net gateway is purported to
>>> work. Googling with the term 'wildcard' added got me that info. I
>>> haven't had any alerts go off to test it yet. I'm patient.
>>>
>> mms.att.net is for any message containing some type of media beyond text
>> (JPG image, video, etc.)
>>
>
> Yup. But apparently, when you get a text from it, it shows up as one
> entry. As opposed to...
>
>  The other AT&T gateway is txt.att.net which
>> handles straight text and uses the base SMS system meaning a 3G/4G GSM
>> data link is not required, only base cellular signal.
>>
>
> ...txt.att.net, which, on my phone from my system, comes in 210-100-100,
> 210-100-101, which means every alert is a different entry in the app
> timeline, which makes following the process of alerts difficult. Yes, it's
> a first world problem, but they all are, really.
>
> Now that we've ironed out problems with servers (that Zabbix told on) I'm
> about to add in switches. I expect more alerts, and I'd rather it do them
> in an organized fashion.
>
>   The MMS gateway
>> requires the receiving phone to have its GSM data link up to receive the
>> media portion of the message (signalling occurs by the SMS cellular
>> baseband and then a handoff to the GSM link occurs to transfer the
>> message data.)
>>
>
> No problem! The phones have data plans and texting et al.
>
>  I use the txt.att.net gateway all the time to forward critical event
>> messages (e.g. apcupsd power loss messages) and specific types of email
>> alerts filtered and rerouted by procmail.
>>
>
> Well, and I have been. I just want it to behave more like a text from a
> specific phone number or person, rather than 100 different users.
>
> Long run, I'd love to get a GSM modem to send out SMS. That's one of the
> reasons I posted: I am going to have to deal with AT&T and corporate
> accounts and salespeople who don't know the specific need and I'd LOVE to
> know of somebody who has used a GSM modem on AT&T and the specifics of how
> they do it. Bonus points for Zabbix use.
>
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