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FYI, you can do email-to-SMS with various carriers just by sending to an appropriately-named email address. For Verizon, it's PHONE_NUMBER@vtext.com (text) or P
by interroboink 3y ago
FYI, you can do email-to-SMS with various carriers just by sending to an appropriately-named email address. For Verizon, it's PHONE_NUMBER@vtext.com (text) or PHONE_NUMBER@vzwpix.com (pictures). No need for any website interaction.
- js2 3y agoVerizon didn't have its own email-to-sms gateway at the time. This is not code that's still running.
- 8organicbits 3y agoDiscovering this was a huge boon to my high school programming. I had a Gmail bot listening for commands like !weather which would text me an up to date weather report. This was 2005 and I was on a flip phone without a data plan working outside as a lifeguard.
- interroboink 3y agoHow did you get the commands to the bot? I've only seen one-way (email-to-SMS); is there a way to do the reverse, too?
- DropInIn 3y agoYes, the reverse just works for most carriers. Just put an email address instead of a phone number. Go ahead and try it out.