Re: message (to SmartPhone)

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

John McCue <jmclists%jmcunx.com@localhost> writes:

> On Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 09:23:24AM -0500, Todd Gruhn wrote:
>>Is there a pkg to send 'message' to a
>>SmartPhone, from NetBSD?
>
> I think it depends upon your service.  I can send
> "text" messages to my phone and others via email.
>
> I use: phone-number@domain
>
> I get the txt message and attachment.  You will
> need to find the domain of your service provider.
>
> I send as straight text, not html email.

It depends on your carrier.  In the US, AT&T and VZ are discontinuing
this.

Overall I lean to using Conversations on Android or Monal on iOS, an
xmpp server, and net/py-xmpppy to send.   But that's a lot of setup.

See also ntfy, which I think can do the phone part, and is callable with
wget/curl.

You can also just email.