[ale] Paging from Linux (~tangent)

[cfowler]

SNPP is not encrypted so security is not an issue.



On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 12:15, tslane at attbi.com wrote:
> I've always just piped sendmail to myNAM at somecarrier.com but I can see where in
> this world of increasing security concerns that one wouldn't want to send
> hostnames, gateways, etc. over SMTP.
> 
> a more interesting ? would be whether any of the big wireless carriers support
> encrypted transport (PGP or maybe scp to mymobile at pager.carrier.com?) at least
> as far as the MTSO since I believe all the various digital standards (re:
> non-AMPS) are encrypted between the device (phone/pager) & cell.
> 
> is there any reason other than security (albeit a very valid one) not to just
> use SMTP?
> > >>>>> "cfowler" == cfowler  <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> writes:
> > 
> >     cfowler> Does anyone know of local pager vendors that support SNPP
> >     cfowler> by their carrier.  SNPP allows me to send a page without
> >     cfowler> the modem.  I send the page directly to the carrier and
> >     cfowler> it goes to the user.
> > 
> > 
> > You might also check if they don't offer an email / SMTP gateway.  I
> > know several of the cell phone providers have such a service
> > (e.g. mail phonenumber at paging.carrier.com and it'll send the message
> > to that phone). 
> > 
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