Re: [nznog] Email to SMS gateway

We actually use a Nokia cellphone and a data cable. I'm not aware of a method which guarantees delivery. We are in the CBD and I note sometimes when all those nightclubbers are frantically messaging each other messages occasionally don't make it to the recipient. Best solution to my mind is just to send a message periodically until a reply is sent to the system to dismiss the notification. Cheers, Erin Salmon Managing Director Unleash Technology Solutions Phone: +64 3 365 1273 Mobile: +64 275 877 913 -----Original Message----- From: Jasper Bryant-Greene [mailto:j(a)digiweb.net.nz] Sent: Tuesday, 17 April 2007 11:19 a.m. To: Philip D'Ath Cc: NZ Network Operators Group Subject: Re: [nznog] Email to SMS gateway On this - we have found SMS to be a bit unreliable lately, with messages being delivered hours late or not at all. I am aware that SMS does not provide "guaranteed delivery" - what methods are others on this list using to send alerts reliably? Cheers Jasper On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 11:10 +1200, Philip D'Ath wrote:

We looked briefly at one of the free Vodafone services like this. There was a rate limit of something like 10 messages per day (don't recall exact number), and then the excess get dropped. In our case we went for Vodafone's commercial service to make sure we got all our monitoring TXT's.

-----Original Message----- From: Samuel Collinson [mailto:scollinson(a)quicksilver.net.nz] Sent: Tuesday, 17 April 2007 11:01 a.m. To: Dan Clark Cc: NZ Network Operators Group Subject: Re: [nznog] Email to SMS gateway

A friend of mine at Vodafone tells me it costs 20c per message received. However, it is not a promoted service and may be discontinued

at any time.

Dan Clark wrote:

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I have investigated options in the past with these types of service, you may need to check that your not getting charged per message received, as this is now possible with the opt-in type of service. Well worth trying though no doubt.

Dan

On 4/17/07, *Clark Mills* mailto:c.mills(a)auckland.ac.nz> wrote:

Hi all.

I read this on one of our internal mailing lists, thought it might be of interest / use. We use something like this for server monitoring but it's not so good if your email server / network is down, aside from the potential lagginess [SP?] that sometimes occurs with the SMS service.

Still, it may have some value to you.

Of course if any information below is wrong, please let me know.

Cheers... Clark

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If you are on Vodafone, you can 'register' you phone by texting the letter R to the number 901. You should then get back a 'you are registered etc' welcome message.

Once your phone is registered anyone/thing can send you a txt by using an email address such as:

6421123456(a)sms.vodafone.net.nz mailto:6421123456(a)sms.vodafone.net.nz

Where your mobile number is presumed to be 021-123456.

As far as I know, there is no charge for this service.

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