William F. Maton Sotomayor wrote: > On Tue, 22 Sep 2009, Shane Ronan wrote: > >> How do I send out an email if the network is down? > > I have had success using a GSM phone hooked up to the server via USB. > (Bonus is that the server constantly 'charges' the phone). An ugly set > of scripts deals with taking emails and changing them into SMS messages > which are then transmitted through that phone to another. >
I use an old 1xRTT Sprint phone and send SMS via SNPP. As a bonus, as long as I know the IP the PPP connection has, I can SSH back as long as whatever took out all my hardlines doesn't kill all the cell towers in range. ~Seth
