Using external WEB Server.

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Jannie
Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 09:59 am:   

When using NowSMS, connected directly to the Internet, I can send MMS's using either the Send MMS or Send Notification methods.

I then copy the .MMS file created above to an external WEB Server and in the Send MMS Notification' screen, change the IP address to the new server addr. If I click on 'Send' the system respond with a 'Successful' message, indicating it found the .MMS file in the indicated location and the MIME type is correct.

The MMS phone (Nokia 3650), receives the SMS and starts the download. However, it never receives the message.

As the only thing that changes, is the WEB server, I suspect it's a configuration issue on the Apache server. Can't determine the problem though.

Any suggestions on what to look for? Which ports (outside 80) should be open, MIME types, etc?

Thanks in advance

Jannie
Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support
Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 06:17 pm:   

Jannie,

If NowSMS accepts the URL to send a notification out for the message ... then that should indicate that the MIME type is configured correctly. (If the Apache server was returning an incorrect MIME type, then NowSMS would return an error instead of sending out the notification.)

When NowSMS sends out the MMS notification message for your URL, it sends out a pointer to the URL exactly as you entered it in, so you should make sure that URL is accessible from the public internet. If you access the URL from a web browser on the public internet, it should tell you that it is downloading a file ... try that to verify that you have connectivity to the server from the public internet. (If you want me to try accessing it and verify that everything is ok, then either post an example URL here, or e-mail a URL link to nowsms@now.co.uk.)

Another thing that can be an issue is that if the web server is on a port other than 80. Some operator WAP gateways block traffic to ports other than 80 (I can't think of a good reason why they would do this, but some do).

-bn