e-mail notification to pager/phone (?)

[slips]

Has anyone come across a Unix utility that will call a phone number when mail comes into a specific e-mail address? I don't need the e-mail message sent to the phone, just a ring to tell me to check that mail box.

Seems pretty basic, but I must be using the wrong google search terms. I can find a bunch of programs for windoze, but they are all bloated with features that I really don't need or want sitting on my PC.

Thanks for any suggestions.

[Vantage]

There are a good number of snmp and log monitoring packages that will page you. Most will alpha page with the test you want. they are pretty flexable.

One example that I know off the top of my head is...

http://www.woodstone.nu/salive/

[generic]

tried messing with that one toinght. seems nice. bit of a learning curve for me, could not get the alerts running right, but only spend about 1/2 hour on it.

[Zoren]

I don't know of a unix utility for this, but my cell phone carrier includes an email/sms address for my phone #. The format looks like this 5555555555@vtext.com . I use verizon for cell service. They may have it available for land line service as well. I use this to send text messages to my cell from my monitoring service, new sign-ups and the help desk. You could also forward this to any email address if needed. Your carrier may have this type of service available as well.

[keidsjedo]

yeah, most mobiles have an email address. You just have to find out your email domain. Here's a few:

http://www.pagemart.com/customerservice/how2send/

[Brangwyn]

Originally Posted by tracewebspace

tried messing with that one toinght. seems nice. bit of a learning curve for me, could not get the alerts running right, but only spend about 1/2 hour on it.

Once you get the hang of it, it's pretty good. I'm considering buying the enterprise version of that, though I'm also finding www.serverscheck.com one nice too.