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NowSMS Support Forums ⬆ NowSMS Support - SMS Issues ⬆ Archive through January 22, 2009 ⬆ |
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| Jaydeep Chakravartty New member Username: Jaydeep Post Number: 1 Registered: 12-2008 |
Hi, We recently purchased a SMS gateway from NowSms, and we are just learning the way around. We can create Keywords and all is working fine. We have a unique shortcode. My Question is, what happens if we receive a text message with no keyword? Does it get lost some where? Is there a way to retreive those messages? Cheers Jay | |||
| Des - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Desosms Post Number: 314 Registered: 08-2008 |
Hi Jay, Use a keyword of * ... that is a catch-all to match 0 or more characters. The way that it works is that the command with the longest keyword match gets the command. So other keyword matches (as long as they are more than one character) would be a longer match than *. -- Des NowSMS Support | |||
| Des - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Desosms Post Number: 315 Registered: 08-2008 |
I should also mention that you can use * together with other letters in the keyword match, such as A* to catch any messages that start with the letter A (case insensitive). | |||
| Jaydeep Chakravartty New member Username: Jaydeep Post Number: 2 Registered: 12-2008 |
Hi, Thanks very much for your response. So, if i use a keyword with "*" and use the command mailto: Support@abc.com --- any SMS that we receive with out any keyword will be directed to that mail box. Cheers Jay | |||
| Des - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Desosms Post Number: 316 Registered: 08-2008 |
Hi Jay, Yes that is correct. If you haven't done any other commands with a "mailto:" link yet ... that can be a bit tricky to get working in some situations. 1.) The MMSC service needs to be active (it provides the SMTP services). 2.) By default, NowSMS tries to act as a smart mailer and performs DNS lookups to try to deliver e-mail. That might not work if you have limited external connectivity. As an alternative, configure an "SMTP Relay Host" in the MMSC configuration ... then NowSMS will route all outbound e-mail message through that SMTP server. Cheers, -- Des NowSMS Support | |||
