My dad and I were doing some research when we came across this website: http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB63037&cv=820&title=#fbid=jAsra7Fjgvt
Here’s what we found on this website:
“Send a text message from email to an AT&T wireless device
To send a text message to an AT&T wireless device from your email, address it to the recipient’s 10-digit wireless phone number, followed by @txt.att.net, (e.g., 5551234567@txt.att.net). You won’t need to include dashes or spaces in between the numbers.
To send a picture or video message to an AT&T wireless device from your email, address it to recipient’s 10-digit wireless phone number, followed by @mms.att.net, (e.g., 5551234567@mms.att.net). You won’t need to include dashes or spaces in between the numbers.”
This means I can send a text using email! With this knowledge, I can simply put a new address into my Python program, and I’ll be able to text my mom instead of emailing her. This is good for my project, because my mom will be able to see a text faster than an email, so if there are birds on the cove, she’ll know right away.