Re: message (to SmartPhone)

[Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>]

I get the e-mail part -- but some people use 'message'
on their SmartPhone.

Why cant everyone just use e-mail??

On Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> 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.