Sending & receiving SMS in linux

[Herouth Maoz]

There is a standard protocol called SMPP. However, fewer and fewer  
major vendors support it, as it doesn't support billing very well, and  
is GSM-biased. Most SMS providers - whether they are actual cellular  
providers or VARs - support some sort of HTTP based protocol - using  
standard POST with name-value pairs, XML or SOAP. However, the actual  
protocol (variable names, contents, authentication, XML format, return  
values, capabilities) differ from supplier to supplier. So it is going  
to be very hard to standardise. I suppose the best approach would be  
to create protocol plugins for various vendors. You'll also have to  
facilitate reception of delivery notifications.

(Proper disclosure: I work in a company that offers such services).

Herouth

On 18/03/2010, at 21:27, Elazar Leibovich wrote:

> Is there a standard way to send SMS from a computer in Israel?
> I'm writing a program, and I want it to be able to send and recieve  
> SMS in Israel.
>
> Shallow searching for the topic reveals sites such as this one http://www.goldman.co.il/SMS2USite/ 
>  which gives many, seemingly nonstandard, way to send SMS via the  
> company. Many of those ways are not compatible with Linux.
>
> Is there a standard protocol to send and receive SMS via a computer  
> program? Standard means for instance, that it will be supported by  
> many vendors, or that it'll be supported in many countries. I'd  
> rather keep my code as portable and standard as possible (so no  
> thanks, windows only COM components are not the way to go).
>
> Clarification, I'm not interested with a script that uses some free  
> service (such as ICQ) to send sms. But in paid service that is able  
> to send many SMS for a list of subscribers.
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