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NowSMS Support Forums ⬆ NowSMS Support - SMS Issues ⬆ Archive through December 09, 2003 ⬆ |
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| Anonymous |
I work for a wireless carrier and we are looking to send bulk SMS Messages to all of our subscribers through our SMSC. They requested an SMPP connection, because they cannot except a flat file. Can I use Now.SMS to send my bulk file via SMPP? | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support |
Sure, we have customers that make use of our product in this way. The only catch is that we don't have a convenient way to upload a flat file to the gateway. You can do it, but it requires that you manually copy/place the file in a particular directory on the gateway. Let me explain. Well, before I explain, here's a link to a discussion thread that explains it: http://support.nowsms.com/discus/messages/1/225.html Basically, while our web interface allows you to add/delete/modify entries on a distribution list, it doesn't let you do a bulk upload. But the distribution list file is just a text file (has a .TXT file extension), and it has one phone number per line of text. Where this actual file is located is described in the above thread. When you want to send a message to a distribution list, you specify the distribution list in place of the phone number in the web form, or in your direct HTTP URL request. -bn | |||
| Anonymous |
Okay great, Now that we have that figured out let me throw something else at you. In the flat file is an MDN, ESN, and a customer specific message(different message for each subscriber). Can we get the application to not only read the distribution list from that flat file but can we also get it to input a custom message per subscriber. | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support |
No, for that you wouldn't really use a distribution list. You would use a script or custom program. Basically, you make an HTTP request to the gateway for each message request. The process of issuing an HTTP request varies from different development environments, but basically you just need to be able to issue a simple HTTP GET request. | |||
