<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">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.<div><br><div>(Proper disclosure: I work in a company that offers such services).</div><div><br></div><div>Herouth</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On 18/03/2010, at 21:27, Elazar Leibovich wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>Is there a standard way to send SMS from a computer in Israel?</div><div>I'm writing a program, and I want it to be able to send and recieve SMS in Israel.</div><div><br></div><div>Shallow searching for the topic reveals sites such as this one <a href="http://www.goldman.co.il/SMS2USite/">http://www.goldman.co.il/SMS2USite/</a> which gives many, seemingly nonstandard, way to send SMS via the company. Many of those ways are not compatible with Linux.</div> <div><br></div><div>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).</div> <div><br></div><div>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.</div></div> _______________________________________________<br>Linux-il mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il">Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il</a><br>http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il<br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>