[ale] phone notifications for homebrew automation

[Bob Toxen]

AT&T ended text to email in June, trying to shake us down for a small
fee-for-"service" to continue.  I shoulda (sic) signed up.

I now air drop to my iPad that I enabled email on.  I could just enable
email on the phone.

Bob

On Fri, Nov 07, 2025 at 06:40:25AM -0500, 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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