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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:04 pm
by Heathen
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:50 pm
by Kiffi
Hello Heathen,
a small correction:
Replace this:
Code: Select all
If Len(areacode) <> 3
MessageRequester("Error","Incorrect amount of digits in the phone number, Only 7 digits are allowed")
ProcedureReturn
EndIf
with this:
Code: Select all
If Len(areacode) <> 3
MessageRequester("Error","Incorrect amount of digits in areacode, Only 3 digits are allowed")
ProcedureReturn
EndIf
Greetings ... Kiffi
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:11 pm
by Heathen
haha, I didn't even notice that. Thanks pal
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:03 pm
by DarkDragon
Really free? In what parts of the world?
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:11 pm
by Pantcho!!
Very nice
Add attachments to it so it will be MMS
My website is for parts of the world that doesnt support this,
for example not all mobile carriers give emails to their mobile users like in my country so i have to use WAP to get multimedia stuff.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:16 pm
by SFSxOI
I was just thinking about something like this last night when my wife asked if there was a way to send a message to a cell phone from the computer, I said that I thought there was, and today i look and here it is. Thank You very much.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:43 pm
by GeoTrail
Didn't work for me. I tried sending to a Telenor and a Netcom number but neither of the phones received the text message I sent.
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:26 am
by ricardo
Ive done something very similar for Argentina a few months ago.
The big job is to get the email servers for europe, USA, Canada, etc.
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:20 am
by Heathen
GeoTrail wrote:Didn't work for me. I tried sending to a Telenor and a Netcom number but neither of the phones received the text message I sent.
Yeah, I know that some carriers dont need the area code in the email so it will fail, and some emails could just be flat out wrong since I have not fully tested. This is just a prototype so people can get a general idea of how it works.
I've only tested this on one cell phone.
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:42 pm
by DoubleDutch
Great program
if you add to the database the country codes that the service will go to it could regenerate the gadget list automatically dependent on the 1st digits of the proper phone number...
eg addgateway("Andhra Pradesh Airtel","airtelap.com","44.1") ; UK and USA
I think the general standard on smsgateways is that a full international number is the best way to go.
to save time you could have some default value boxes to insert default country codes, remove local codes, etc to build the international number automatically.
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:25 pm
by DarkDragon
DarkDragon wrote:Really free?
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:39 pm
by ricardo
DarkDragon wrote:Really free? In what parts of the world?
Everywhere.
The idea is very simple:
You send an e mail to the mobile phone. Its receives it as an SMS.
Most companies offer this service for free to their users.
The important part is to know how to format the phone number to use it as the receipt for the e mail.
AFAIK has to eb done like this
Two digit for country code
4 digit for area code
Phone number without the frist 2 digits.
Per example, a mobile here in argentia is
54 02278 15872634
Then, must be formated like:
542278872634 (taking off the 15 of the mobile phone number and the 0 of the area code)
542278872634@whatevermail.com
Will send email to your phone
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As i said i develope sometime ago some app that does this for Argentina.
BUT i notice that some prepaid mobile phones in some cases (don't know which cases) DON'T receive this e mails.
Thats why i stop distributing this small app.
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:54 pm
by DoubleDutch
In the UK its:
country - first n digits (normally 2, but 1 in the case of the USA)
then mobile with the leading zero missing
You can (generally) also text house phones. A computer will ring the house and announce the message - with most providers.
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 5:09 pm
by ricardo
The risk of this apps it that some spammer find the way to send many e mails to many number (very easy to do in code side).
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 6:47 pm
by Heathen
ricardo wrote:The risk of this apps it that some spammer find the way to send many e mails to many number (very easy to do in code side).
Unfortunately that's true. It's only a matter of time before spammers will move onto things like this. You cant stop these idiots.