2-way SMS Info Services

This page has been retired and will no longer be maintained.
With the newer technology, this type of info service is no longer required.
It was fun while it lasted!

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Online since June 1998
Last update: 2002-06-01
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NEW - World Cup real time score
Use "CUP" or "SOCCER" command.


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I originally wrote some auto-responder scripts for Martin Renters' gateway. Since its shut down, I have modified it to be used for FidoPro and Me43.com. Using these gateways, my service is accessible by Fido, Rogers, CityFone and SimPro users. This is not a commercial service. There is no ads, and there is no fee.

WARNING: (for FidoPro) even though there is no charge to use this gateway, FidoPro has a limit of 150 email notifications per month; with $0.10 per message once over this limit. Some of my script will split up a response into two or more emails to send to your phone. This also means that they will be counted as separate emails, although you only made one request. I have been careful in putting the limit on the number of SMS response, but I cannot be held responsible or liable for any bugs which may causes more SMS to be sent to your phone than expected.

Please check back at this page for any updates, modifications or changes.

* Requirements & Instructions:

First you must have subscribed Fido's FidoPro or Fido Email options; or registered with Me43.com gateway.
You need to send a request Email with the appropriate commands in the message body (not subject):

FidoPro (send to "003436"):

mail sms@vex.net <COMMAND> [parameters] [options]
E.g.
mail sms@vex.net quote IBM DELL
Me.43.com (Fido users to "4168876127"; Rogers users to "do@me43.com"):
sms@vex.net <COMMAND> [parameters] [options]
E.g.
sms@vex.net 411R GATES F=BILL C=TORONTO P=ON
sms@vex.net WEATHER MONTREAL

Upper or lower case can be used.
And you should get the reply SMS/Emails within a short period of time.

Me43's own info service is very good; especially if you need automatic info sending at pre-configured time or condition. There is some overlap with my info service, but there are some differences and users now have an extra option for interactive info retrieval. The splitting of SMS for Me43.com users is left up to the gateway and the number of SMS you can receive depends on your own profile settings.

For eXcell+Tapzing users, you MUST use "-" in place of "="; and you must configure your eXcell header to show your Tapzing address in the "From:" field.

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Commands Summary
Old syntax "+" is now optional
Commands Description Default no. of SMS Usage Examples
NEWS [options] News Headlines
3
NEWS USB
QUOTE SYM SYM.TO or
QUO SYM
Stock Quote (15 min delayed)
3
QUOTE IBM RY.TO MSFT MTIb.TO
RTQUOTE SYM SYM.TO or
RTQ SYM
Real Time ECN Stock Quote (US)
5
RTQUOTE IBM YHOO NT
411 name C=City Name P=AA Canadian Business Telephone Directory
5
411 ROYAL BANK P=ON
411R last name F=first name C=City Name P=AA Canadian Residential Telephone Directory
5
411R GATES F=BILL P=BC
WEATHER CityName or
WEA CityName
Weather Info for these cities
1
WEATHER LONDON ONTARIO
INDEX or
IND
Real-time market indices
1
INDEX
NHL cityname or ALL National Hockey League Scoreboard
3
NHL OTTAWA
NBA cityname or ALL National Basketball Association Scoreboard
3
NBA VANCOUVER
MLB cityname or ALL Major League Baseball Scoreboard
2
MLB TAMPA
NFL cityname or ALL National Football League Scoreboard
3
NFL DENVER
F1
F1 LIVE
F1 QUAL
Formula One
2
F1
649 Lotto6/49 latest draw
1
649
SUPER7 or
SUP
Super 7 lottery numbers
1
Super
ROAD region Highway traffic info for GTA and Niagara Peninsula area
3
ROAD DVP
CUP or
SOCCER
World Cup 2002 real time score
2
CUP
SOCCER
GOLF or
PGA
US PGA Tour Leaderboard scores
2
GOLF
PGA
HELP command Help for list of all commands or individual commands
1
HELP
HELP QUOTE

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Advanced Options

For FidoPro users only: you can change the maximum number of SMS/Emails response by adding "MAX=n" at the end of the request Email (from 1 to 9) after all other parameters. So you can reduce or increase the default number (see above table). However, for those scripts with "1" as the default number (e.g. INDEX, 649, Super7), it is not possible (or not necessary) to increase the number. (MLB is an exception, you can increase the number if desired.)

Examples:
NBA ALL MAX=6
WEATHER VICTORIA MAX=2

(Not applicable to Me43.com users)

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Detailed Explanations

* NEWS

* QUOTE
* RTQUOTE

* 411 name C=city name P=AA
* 411R last name F=first name C=city name P=AA

* NHL cityname
* NBA cityname
* NFL cityname
* MLB cityname

* WEATHER CityName

* INDEX

* 649 SUPER7

* F1

* ROAD

* Miscellaneous

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If you have any questions or problems, you can send me an email or fill out the form in my web page.

lawrence@vex.net
Lawrence Kwan

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