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Thanks a lot for the feedback. I like the idea of having some sort of scheduling/reminder feature. I was wondering if I could set up a simple way to do SMS reminders. There could be a special code to set an SMS reminder (like * SMS 7pm) to get a reminder at 7pm.

That was a friend's idea though so I can't take credit for it ;)

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Twilio SMS is super easy. Documentation is here: http://www.twilio.com/docs/api/rest/sending-sms. And there's a python library to help you get started. (Full disclosure: I work at Twilio)

Do you guys have any timetable when to better support the german market? I really would like to use your products, but since most german carriers do not accept SMS from your system right now, it is not feasible.

First off, great weekend project.

While Twilio would be a surefire way to do it. You can also hack up a small script that will use sms gateways to send the email, but then you would have to know the person's carrier in advance. I find this way more interesting, but not nearly as robust. You can do some interesting things when you are sending text messages through gateways.

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