Sending & receiving SMS in linux

[Elazar Leibovich]

Oh boy! That's what just I feared would happen. I thought we would know
better than that now.

One more question please. Is what you said relevant to receiving SMS? Is
this usually done also through HTTP POST?
(And thanks alot! that's just the answer I sought.)

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:48 PM, Herouth Maoz <herouth at spamcop.net> wrote:

> 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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