Johnnie Norsworthy explained :
> "yannis" <none@noware.non> wrote in message
> news:mn.cc307d7976de0995.0@noware.non...
>> Johnnie Norsworthy was thinking very hard :
>>> Thanks for any ideas, links or even keywords for a Google search.
>>
>> I wouldn't go down this road I would take a look on existing SMS services
>> on the net like http://www.clickatell.com. Google "SMS Gateway" to find a
>> number of vendors that you can use to send and receive SMS messages. Some
>> are almost free or very low cost to set up an account and start sending
>> SMSies to any cellular phone.
>>
>> To receive SMS messages back in most cases you need to set up a service
>> Number (I do not remember how it is called exactly) which can be used by
>> any Cellular Phone to send messages to and they can be delivered to an
>> email address.
>
> I need a portable solution to send and receive the emails without using an
> expensive cellular internet connection. I can't use a web service if I do not
> have a cellular internet connection.
>
> I want to have a computer with basically the same functionality as a human:
> 1. Get a short text message in real-time
> 2. Send a short text message in real-time to a monitored email address.
>
> Thanks,
> Johnnie
You do not need any internet connection from the Cellular phone.
You need to setup a 4 number service phone-number for your service
which will receive any SMSies and forward them to your email address.
From the cellular you just send an SMS to an other Cellular.
The internet connection is needed on your site (ADSL or other) to
connect to their service and send SMSies to any cellular phone you
like.
SMSies are send and received through the GSM network the gateway makes
sure that the received SMSies reach an email address (which you can pul
in intervals to find new messages) and that you can send an SMS with
out the need of specialized hardware.
If this is to expensive, which I do not think so, then you can by to
cellular phones (or one for your site) and connect them to your
computer through a COM / USB port and use them to send and receive
SMSies with nothing else required expect the cost for a mobile phone
account and the cost of the message it self.
Regards
Yannis.
