Eric, You are correct, I can send am email to sms. The problem is enabling everyone in the group, with only SMS on the phone, to send messages to everyone else, or a sub group, using just sms. Mark On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Eric Shubert wrote: > Most (all?) have email to sms gateways. > http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/email-to-sms/ > http://sms411.net/how-to-send-email-to-a-phone/ > You should be able to use any sort of email list software to send a message > to list members' SMS addresses. > > I'm not sure about sending from SMS to email though. > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > > > On 06/05/2011 12:32 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > >> This group always has great suggestions for my odd requirements, so here >> I go again....;-) >> >> My two club softball teams are going to out of town for nationals at the >> end of June (~26 families). (We might even make ESPN...) We need a way >> to send messages to each other, and as a group. Up to this point, I have >> been running a private group email list that everyone can use to send >> and receive emails for the group. But not everyone has Internet or email >> on their phone, so the group email list is not the best option for >> everyone. My android phone can send a text message to a group, so I can >> handle the issue of schedule changes. But, not everyone's phone on the >> two teams can send a group text, which makes those impromptu 'team >> lunch' difficult for someone in the group to schedule, unless I become >> the group sms operator, which is **not** something I want to do! I am >> wondering if there is some open source technology that can help us.... >> >> My requirements >> 1. Send sms to a whole group, part of a group, or individually >> 2. Work on low end cell phones - ie no Internet plan or email >> 3. Does not require a lot of setup, either for me or for each person >> going. The people on the trip are not techies, but parents of 11-15 year >> old softball players (and the players as well). >> 4. Free, or really low cost as I only need it for ~10 days. >> >> I have a Debian server on Linode for our web site, so I could add some >> more software.... >> >> I thought of these ideas: >> 1. pass out a cell phone list to everyone. That solves individual sms >> messages, but not group/sub group messaging for those who don't have >> that on their phone >> 2. twitter - maybe a private group? I have not used twitter before, but >> I will have challenges getting everyone to sign up for an account. >> 3. some other sms micro-blog app on my own server? >> 4. Face to face communication.....how old fashion! >> 5. Phone trees......from my experience, only works in an emergency. >> >> I am focused on sms only because it seems to be available to every >> player and parent on the trip. I am open to any other suggestions y'all >> may have! >> >> Thanks, >> >> Mark >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >