How to send Bulk MMS by using SMTP auth?

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babrus
Posted on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 - 02:05 pm:   

I can send bulkmms by web interface but unable to send bulkmms to same list from smtp interface. Need your assistance.
Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support
Posted on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 - 08:13 pm:   

If you don't have an SMTP client (or SMTP toolset) that allows you to configure the client to use SMTP AUTH (AUTH is the name of an SMTP command used to login before sending a message via SMTP) ... then there is another option.

It is possible to configure a list of IP addresses that are allowed to submit messages to any user without requiring SMTP AUTHentication.

If you manually edit MMSC.INI, then you can add the following setting under the [MMSC] section header:

SMTPIPAddressList=ip.address.1,ip.address.2

Basically the setting should have NO white space (e.g., spaces) in the list of IP addresses. And if you wish to list multiple addresses, they should be separated with a comma (,). You can use a wildcard mask in the last position to specify all addresses in that range (e.g., 192.168.1.*).

If the gateway receives an SMTP connection from a listed address, it will accept the messages even if SMTP AUTH was not used ... therefore you can use regular old SMTP without authentication to submit the messages.

-bn
babrus
Posted on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 - 09:24 pm:   

OK and what will be the recipient address i have to mention, either SMSuser or name of the text file under that user distribution list.
babrus
Posted on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 02:16 pm:   

During last hours what i do is mention below:
I have created an account under SMSusers. Make a distribution list ( named testcase ) under that user account (after authorization). And after adding some MSISDN numbers to that list, i have tried to send mail from Outlook Express 2000 to testcase@mms.com and smsuser@mms.com. BUT NO BULK-MMS DELIVERY HAPPENS. Although i can send BulkMMS to same alias (testcase) via nowsms Web interface and it works fine.

Waiting for your suggestions...
Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support
Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 09:19 pm:   

Babrus,

Ok. I understand. The distribution lists are only supported from the HTTP (web) interface. They aren't supported via the SMTP interface ... if you are using the SMTP interface you have to include a complete list of recipients in the SMTP transaction (e.g., separate RCPT TO: header for each recipient, or a complete separate SMTP transaction for each recipient).

-bn
babrus
Posted on Friday, July 04, 2003 - 11:10 am:   

Well Bryce,
Don't you think it should be possible in nowsms to send BulkMMS to an alias by using SMTP Auth, instead of add recpient address manually every time. Specially when list of numbers are growing every day. I think this option will be a valuable addition.

Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support
Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 09:37 pm:   

Babrus,

No question that it would be a good idea.

I've been a little hesitant lately to forward too many suggestions/enhancement requests to our development group ... because I want to see the v5.0 beta released.

Unfortunately, they're a bit too responsive to suggestions ... so I'm afraid that every time I pass something along, it delays the release of the v5.0 beta. But I do have this noted as an enhancement request, as I do believe it to be a good idea.

-bn
Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support
Posted on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 03:58 pm:   

A follow-up. We reviewed outstanding problem reports this morning, and it was decided that we would implement this support in the initial beta release of v5.0.

-bn
babrus
Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 01:08 pm:   

Brilliant...
lars
Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 03:15 pm:   

Do we have a date for Beta version 5 ?


Lars
Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support
Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 03:19 pm:   

We're trying to stay within our most recent target of "between July 10 and 16".

My best guess right now is next Monday or Tuesday (the 14th or 15th). But it depends on how well this week goes.
Anonymous
Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2003 - 03:56 pm:   

Is it possible for the SMS/MMS gateway to poll a MSACCESS database via and ODBC connection to detect if there are any messages to be sent out and to transmit them accordingly. Also, can all received messages be stored into a table. Would your answer vary depending on whether the message is sms or mms orientated? Lastly, can you bulk upload a list of phone numbers to which you want to send a message to?

Regards
Suvir
Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support
Posted on Friday, July 18, 2003 - 03:58 pm:   

Hi Suvir,

Sorry, but no, we cannot poll an access database directly. You would need some other script that polled the database and issued requests to the gateway to send outbound messages.

Routing received messages into a database is usually not much of a problem. We can call an HTTP script (on the web server of your choice) for every received message, and your script can log the message into a database.

This script handling is for SMS only however ... MMS is a bit more complicated as it can contain multiple file parts. Currently we parse and receive messages into a directory/file-based interface. The next release is adding the ability to forward these MMS messages to an e-mail address ... or they can be posted via HTTP in an XML/SOAP format (MM7).

Currently you can build a list of phone numbers quite easily (they are stored as a simple text file, and you can update the file on the server directly if you want) ... but we do not have a built-in facility for performing a bulk upload of this file to the server. (You need to copy the file to the server yourself, via a network connection or FTP, etc.)

-bn