[ale] phone notifications for homebrew automation

Alex Carver agcarver+ale at acarver.net
Sun Nov 9 03:03:28 EST 2025


Where did you hear that email gateways are going away?

On 2025-11-07 03:40, Calvin Harrigan via Ale wrote:
> I believe you can send texts via email (via a EMG) on most phone systems.
> Just followed up, seems that this feature is going away this year or has 
> already gone.
> Shame. They claimed it was a spam magnet, but I've never gotten a spam 
> via email to text.
> I'm guessing they wanted to mothball the infrastructure.
> 
> 
> On 11/6/2025 8:58 PM, Pete Hardie via Ale wrote:
>> Anyone know of a system/tool that will send notifications to a phone 
>> with low latency for such things as DIY/non-monopolistic home 
>> automation?  Mainly for alerts when doorbell/security cam detection, 
>> or flooding alerts
>>
>>
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