SMS messaging

[Anders Holm]

Hi Sam.

Didn't realise I recommended it to anyone. Merely pointed out that SNPP 
is for pagers, and SMPP is for SMS. Then it is up to each individual to 
make their choice based on their needs. What can I say??

//Anders//

Sam Stickland wrote:

> SMPP is a protocol that's used for interfacing directly with the SMSCs (SMS
> centres). It's a pretty heavy weight protocol, and I certainly wouldn't
> recommend it for integrating something like nagios. Moreover, you're only
> likely to ever be given an SMPP connection if you are buying considerable
> volume (by which I mean at least tens of thousands of messages a month).
> 
> Sam
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anders Holm" <anders.holm at elivefree.net>
> Cc: "NagiosUsers" <nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 4:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] SMS messaging
> 
> 
> 
>>Hi Al.
>>
>>Just a slight correction/clarification here, since this confused me a
>>tad bit initially.
>>
>>I work with supporting a SMS gateway software, so I come across a number
>>of protocols used for SMS. What confused me was what I thought initially
>>to be a typo, but alas no it wasn't. OTOH, SNPP is a protocol for
>>pagers, and not for SMS. The most common protocol I see for SMS is a
>>protocol named SMPP.
>>
>>Just so people are aware of what they'll be getting, I mean... ;)
>>
>>//Anders//
>>
>>Al Tobey wrote:
>>
>>
>>>http://search.cpan.org/~tobeya/Net-SNPP-1.16/
>>>http://search.cpan.org/~tobeya/Net-SNPP-1.16/lib/Net/SNPP.pm
>>>
>>>If you download and install the Net::SNPP package, it includes perl
>>>utilities for sending e-pages.  They should be pretty easy to customize,
>>>too.  Almost every wireless provider supports SNPP.  You may run into
>>>problems if your firewall is blocking the outbound port you need.
>>>
>>>-Al Tobey
>>>
>>>On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 05:21, Alwyn Cherrington wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I was looking for an alternative SMS application, can you help?
>>>>
>>>>I tried to access these sites from the Nagios Documentation links and
>>>>was told by my Internet administrator :
>>>>
>>>>The first dump is web based email via http not ftp. Web based email is
>>>>blocked and will remain so.
>>>>
>>>>The second screen dump shows that a password is required by the site
>>>>so there is nothing we can do.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I didn't send the fourth screen dump
>>>>     * SprintPCS (SMS phones)
>>>>     *
>>>>
>>>>             * Gnokii (SMS software for contacting Nokia phones via
>>>>               GSM network)
>>>>             *
>>>>
>>>>                     * SMS Client (command line utility for sending
>>>>                       messages to pagers and mobile phones)
>>>>                     *
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                       regards,
>>>>
>>>>                       Alwyn Cherrington
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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