Irssi to SMS

It's no longer a secret that when I'm not in an active irssi session and you hilight me, that I get a text message. By popular request, I'm writing up an explanation to it.

1. Get irssi. When you're using it, you'll want to have it in a screen session so you can always stay online. I already wrote a guide about Using irssi with screen and SSH.

2. Setup Scripts. Once you're doing this, you'll want to get screen_away.pl and awayproxy.pl. I explained this in the previously mentioned guide as well.

Descriptions from irssi.org:

screen-away.pl - set (un)away, if screen is attached/detached

awayproxy.pl - Sets nick away when client discconects from the. irssi-proxy. If away gathers messages targeted to nick and forwards . them to an email address.

They are pretty basic to setup and the comments explain things very well. screen-away.pl is just a drop-in script. awayproxy.pl is one you will want to edit.

3. Sprinkle in some magic. So you have these scripts working and you're getting emails about hilights you receive while away. What!? You don't have an expensive phone/contract to alert you? I don't either.

What I do have is unlimited text messaging. Hurray, we're not doing the magic, someone else is.

http://www.livejournal.com/tools/textmessage.bml?mode=details

Example, if my number is 123-456-7890 and I'm a verizon customer, I would set my email to 1234567890@vtext.com.

It's all incredibly simple, but without going through and doing the research, it's a pain to put together. Have fun with this. :)