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The "Mobile" tag shows "(SMS)" at the end of the telephone number, as in:Ĭlicking on "(SMS)" (do not click on the telephone number) throws up a small dialog window with the title "Send SMS - Kontact" in which the text message can be entered and also shows the character count of the message being prepared. For example if the telephone number is 12 enter +11234567890 as the "Mobile" number. For the telephone number of the cellphone, under "Mobile" enter the telephone address in the form required by Skype. The final step is to integrate send_sms.py into the SMS message feature of kontact/kaddressbook.
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I am indebted to Happy coding » Blog Archive » How to send SMS in Linux using Skype for documenting the first two pieces of the Linux to SMS puzzle for me. S -> Options -> Public API -> Allowed Programs The first time you try to use send_sms.py you will need to give permission to Skype to allow Skype4Py and "sms_sender" (the "friendly name" of send_sms.py) to access Skype. After installing Python, Skype4Py and Skype Tools, and with Skype for Linux running in the background you will be in a position to send an SMS message from the command line using send_sms.py. The particular tool we are interested in is the Python script send_sms.py. Vincent Oberle » Command-line tools for Skype In addition, there is a set of Python command line tools which use Skype4Py called "Skype Tools 0.11". Skype4Py is a Python wrapper for the Skype API and can be found here: However, there is a Skype API which can access these features of Skype.
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In the current Windows version Skype has the ability to send an SMS message directly but in the Linux version of Skype the SMS service is not available in the Skype program itself. Skype uses the fast type SMS messaging and charges a fee for each message sent (Eur 0.09/message within North America for example). The "fast" type uses another type of gateway for which a charge is normally incurred by the sender of the message. Slow type SMS messages may not always work if, for example, the network provider has not activated this type of gateway, or the cellphone is on an MVNO ("mobile virtual network operator" ie a cellular service provider like Virgin Mobile USA who resells calling minutes from one or more real carriers).
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The "slow" type uses an "email to SMS" gateway of the network provider (most free SMS web messaging services use this method). There seems to be two types of SMS messages. There is a smattering of information scattered around, but I haven't found a complete explanation in any one place and the documentation of the SMS interface in kaddressbook seems to be a little lacking so I have attempted to document something here in the hopes it may be useful to people interested in the topic. I have spent a little time trying to find out the best way to send an SMS message to a cellphone using Linux.