title: Sending and SMS from your computer
body: <p>There is a ton of data on this subject where you simply take the phone-number+@mobile-carrier.com and send a message, that is not what I am looking to do.</p>
  
  <p>I want to send an SMS, from the command line, in this case, using php, but I would be happy to use bash, and will probably make it into an app or plug in for Safari eventually.  Right now, a test case would suit me fine.</p>
  
  <p>I would like to do something like this:
  ./sms 619-555-1212 "this is the message"</p>
  
  <p>I don't need to receive the message back to the computer, this is a sending only agent.</p>
  
  <p>The criteria that makes all the data I find on this not work, is that I want my correct from: number to show up.  I have tried using the email gateway method and changing he from: headers, but it appears they are stripped at the gateway.</p>
  
  <p>I don't mind paying a service to give me certain amount of SMS credits to make this happen.  I want to avoid any hardware, where I would have to get a modem or otherwise to connect to my computer.</p>
  
  <p>If I do use a service, something with an example of how to do so within their API would greatly appreciated.  I feel this should take me no more than 15 minutes, but I am hours into research and not getting very far with all the little scripts out there that do nothing close to what I want to do.</p>
  
  <p>Thank you very much and sorry that I don't understand this protocol to the best of my ability.</p>