SMS messaging

[Sam Stickland]

Sorry, I didn't mean to suggest that you were - just that I wouldn't :)

Sam

----- Original Message -----
From: "Anders Holm" <anders.holm at elivefree.net>
To: "Sam Stickland" <sam_ml at spacething.org>
Cc: "NagiosUsers" <nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] SMS messaging


> 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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> >>
> >>
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