MassText
by Erik Thiem

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Description:

MassText sends a text message to multiple phones simultaneously from
a computer.

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Installation Instructions:

MassText needs the additional Ruby gems:
	nokogiri (tested with version 1.5.6, other versions may work)
	highline (tested with version 1.6.15, other versions may work)

There is no permanent installation, simply run "./masstext.sh" from 
the terminal. If this does not work for whatever reason, try running 
"ruby interfaces/console/console.rb" from the terminal.

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Where to Get Help:

There is so far no documentation, mailing lists, wikis, etc.
Since it is a small project, the only way to get help as of now is to
email me (Erik) at erikthiem@gmail.com. I will get back as soon as
possible and will try my best to help you.

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Contribution Guidelines:

If you wish to help develop MassText, please email erikthiem@gmail.com
I welcome anyone to help regardless of ruby expertise.
Look at the TODO.txt file for information on what needs to be done.

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Contributor List:

	1. Erik Thiem (erikthiem@gmail.com)

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Credits, Inspiration, Alternatives, History, etc.:

I know that there are other ways to send mass text messages, but I
wanted to see if I could come up with a way to do so using the terminal
and then to see if I could do the same with a simple GUI application.

I originally started this project in Python about 3 years ago, but I 
abandoned it for the past three years for various reasons. I started
learning Ruby a few weeks ago and am using this to get myself more
acquainted with the language.

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License/copying/distribution:

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. (in this same folder, titled 'gpl.txt')  
If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

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