I released today version 3.0 of SendSMS, my Perl script for sending SMSs to
Israeli cellular phones (all providers: Cellcom, Orange, Pelephone and
Amigo are actively supported).
The latest version can be found in
http://nadav.harel.org.il/software/sendsms/
This is a major release, with the following improvements:
1. Amigo support has been completely rewritten, to support their new site.
Testing this code was a challenge, because of the rarity of Amigo phones.
I was finally able to test this thanks to Orna Agmon's resourcefulness,
but I would still appreciate stress-testing and any comments/complaints/
bug-reports from Amigo owners.
If you want to send SMSs to Amigo phones, you must first get a (free)
account from http://www.amigo.co.il/html/login/new_user.asp (Hebrew-only
site).
2. After countless people complaining, it is no longer necessary to edit
the sendsms script every time you download it to tell sendsms about your
accounts, your proxy, and so on. Sendsms can now be configured via a file
~/.sendsmsrc which can contain account information, proxy definition,
aliases, and more. A complete description is available in a new manual page
(see below), but here is a short example ~/.sendsmsrc which will give you
an idea on what you can put in it (every directive shown below is optional,
use just the ones you need):
# my SMS accounts:
account cellcom [EMAIL PROTECTED] pAssWord
account cellcom [EMAIL PROTECTED] pAssWord
account orangewalla myuser pAssWord
account amigo myuser pAssWord
# do this only if you need a proxy
proxy http://wwwproxy.ac.il:8080/
# aliases:
alias somebody 053-000000
# you can include other files, if you want:
#include /home/nyh/.sendsms_aliases
Note that if several account lines are given for one provider (as in
cellcom in the example above), one of the accounts is chosen at random
on every sendsms invocation. This is useful if you find yourself sending
more than 20 messages a day (which is Cellcom's limit for one account).
3. Sendsms finally has a manual page (sendsms.1) now, like any mature
utility should. sendsms.1 is available in the same place you got the
script (see URL above).
Enjoy, and may the source be with you.
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Nadav Har'El | Wednesday, May 1 2002, 19 Iyyar 5762
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