Re: Using Mobile Phone email addys for monitoring

[matthew zeier <mrz () velvet org>]

Ken Simpson wrote:
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> > It takes ~ 7 minutes from the time Nagios sends an email sms to AT&T to 
> > the time it hits my phone.  I'm using @mobile.mycingular.com because 
> > mmode.com stopped working (which results in at least two txt pages vs. 
> > the one I was used to).
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> > > Is SMTP to a mobile phone a fundamentally flawed way to do this?
> > I'm beginning to think it is!
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> It's more effective to spend the money on SMS messages. Mobile
> providers are forced to use very aggressive anti spam measures, which
> can add significant delays in message delivery.

Recommendations on software and modems?