[ale] OT: How can you get all SMS into one user? / SMS Cell modem AT&T

[Alex Carver]

On 2014-08-22 05:38, David Millians wrote:
> 
> On 8/21/2014 10:18 AM, Alex Carver wrote:
>> On 2014-08-21 07:10, David Millians wrote:
>>> I should also add that using the @mms.att.net gateway is purported to
>>> work. Googling with the term 'wildcard' added got me that info. I
>>> haven't had any alerts go off to test it yet. I'm patient.
>> mms.att.net is for any message containing some type of media beyond text
>> (JPG image, video, etc.)
> 
> Yup. But apparently, when you get a text from it, it shows up as one
> entry. As opposed to...
> 
>> The other AT&T gateway is txt.att.net which
>> handles straight text and uses the base SMS system meaning a 3G/4G GSM
>> data link is not required, only base cellular signal.
> 
> ...txt.att.net, which, on my phone from my system, comes in 210-100-100,
> 210-100-101, which means every alert is a different entry in the app
> timeline, which makes following the process of alerts difficult. Yes,
> it's a first world problem, but they all are, really.

That's very strange because it doesn't do it to me.  Messages come in
from the same ID every time.  I'll have to try some experiments and see
if and when it changes.

> 
> Long run, I'd love to get a GSM modem to send out SMS. That's one of the
> reasons I posted: I am going to have to deal with AT&T and corporate
> accounts and salespeople who don't know the specific need and I'd LOVE
> to know of somebody who has used a GSM modem on AT&T and the specifics
> of how they do it. Bonus points for Zabbix use.
> 

You could get a regular cell phone and replicate the C&C language for
it.  Most phones have the ability to initiate functions like messages
and phone calls via a cable.  My old Motorola Razr flip phone could do
it.  I could write a text message on the computer, click send, and it
would go out of the phone as an SMS message using the phone's number.

This might also be possible on an Android via the ADB interface but I
haven't investigated that.