The following Web page is an incredible resource when developing one of these things:
http://www.sms411.net/2006/07/how-to-send-email-to-phone.html
I know this all works on a small scale but what I haven't been able to determine yet is whether the gateways have anti bulk e-mail measures which could cause a problem when really doing a mass SMS push. Do any of you have a feel for this?
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Hoover Chan chan@sacredsf.org
Technology Director
Schools of the Sacred Heart
2222 Broadway St.
San Francisco, CA 94115
----- "Dave Aykroid" <daykroid@lfanet.org> wrote:
> Has anyone deployed text messaging as a means to reach
> students/parents for emergency notification (or to announce school
> closings, etc.)? If so, which hosted service or software product?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Dave Aykroid
> Director of Information Technology
> Lake Forest Academy
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