[hobbit] SMS messages are too long

[Gary Baluha]

The "format=sms" alerts were actually too short for me, so I wrote a script
that gives slightly more information.  It's available for download from The
Shire:
http://www.trantor.org/theshire/doku.php/alerts

On 10/23/07, Frank Flynn <frank at declan.com> wrote:
>
> Ah - I thought that was only if you had a special SMS script (in the
> docs it is used with a special script - it doesn't say it has to be
> used that way it's just an example).  I'll use it that way.
>
> Thanks,
> Frank
>
>
> On Oct 22, 2007, at 12:02 PM, Charles Jones wrote:
>
> > Are you using "format=sms" ?  ie?
> >
> > HOST=somehost
> > MAIL you at mobile.att.net format=sms
> >
> > I use cingular/att and when using SMS format hobbit alerts I only
> > get a subject and a single line of text, so I suspect you are
> > getting the full normal alerts, which can be quite lengthy,
> > especially for "proc"
> >
> > -Charles
> >
> > Frank Flynn wrote:
> >> Hi Everyone,
> >>
> >> So I've got Hobbit all set up and working just fine.  Now when a
> >> server times out it will send email to my cell phone (a regular
> >> email to the phone number @ att.net).  But the text is too long
> >> for one SMS and because of the way ATT's gateway works I will get
> >> 3 messages on a RED and 6 when it goes GREEN.
> >>
> >> Is there a way to shorten the message for the phones?  Ideally I'd
> >> like the message to be short for the phone but long for true
> >> emails but I can live with everyone getting the short message.
> >>
> >> Any ideas?
> >>
> >>
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