We would like to send an SMS to every alert that is said to be critical. There is another way that the purchase of the module
We use an email to SMS alerting services. So we just send an email to a particular address and the receiver converts it into a SMS for the particular mobile number. You could check with your ISP if they offer this solution.
Did you have to make any server changes to do this? I tried this and it didn't work.
No you don't need to make any server changes. So you have an email to SMS service available? If so, then just test it by sending an email to it from your email account. Sometimes this service can be limited to receive email from only certain email addresses. Just check if there are any restriction with the service.
But yeah, it's as simply as just sending an email.
Just like superfly99 mentioned, the easiest way is to sign up for an Email to SMS service. However, when your Email isn’t working you won’t get notified. Some of my customers use SMS appliances like www.smseagle.eu or others.
if you are really keen on Scripting, you could try to send SMS via a plugged in 3G/4G Hardware Stick....but that’s something that you need a lot of digging into the commands etc.
