Can my python program send me a text message?

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Wed Mar 20 01:05:39 EDT 2019


On 3/19/2019 10:56 PM, Steve wrote:
> Thanks for all the suggestions.  It is going to take a while to sift through
> them.  I will continue to watch for more discussion and will check back in
> if/when I get something working or if I get stuck.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> Footnote:
> Fight the hand that feeds the hate.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Python-list <python-list-bounces+gronicus=sga.ninja at python.org> On
> Behalf Of Larry Martell
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 3:46 PM
> To: Python <python-list at python.org>
> Subject: Re: Can my python program send me a text message?
> 
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 3:30 PM Steve <Gronicus at sga.ninja> wrote:
>>
>> I have a program that triggers a reminder timer.  When that timer is done,
> I would like to receive a text message on my phone to tell me that it is
> time to reset the experiment.
>>
>> Can this be done using Python?
> 
> You can send a text with email if you know the carrier:
> 
> Alltel [insert 10-digit number]@message.alltel.com
> AT&T [insert 10-digit number]@txt.att.net
> Boost Mobile [insert 10-digit number]@myboostmobile.com
> Cricket Wireless [insert 10-digit number]@mms.cricketwireless.net
> Sprint [insert 10-digit number]@messaging.sprintpcs.com
> T-Mobile [insert 10-digit number]@tmomail.net
> U.S. Cellular [insert 10-digit number]@email.uscc.net
> Verizon [insert 10-digit number]@vtext.com
> Virgin Mobile [insert 10-digit number]@vmobl.com

Since I know my carrier, I tried this and it works.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy




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