Not always an XML packet - Clickatel and their HTTP API uses CFHTTP with basic params - no XML
*Bryan Stevenson*B.Comm. President & CEO Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. - makers of FACTS^(TM) phone: 250.480.0642 cell: 250.920.8830 e-mail: br...@electricedgesystems.com <mailto:br...@electricedgesystems.com> web: www.electricedgesystems.com <http://www.electricedgesystems.com> and www.fisheryfacts.com <http://www.fisheryfacts.com> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -----CONFIDENTIALITY------ This message, including any attachments, is confidential and may contain information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure. It is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed unless expressly authorized otherwise by the sender. If you are not an authorized recipient, please notify the sender immediately and permanently destroy all copies of this message and attachments. On 14-11-18 05:21 PM, Mike K wrote: > <<That's great but what about sending to different carriers? I'm guessing > you have to know what carrier the customer you're sending a sms is on > right?>> > > > No. Its your carrier not theirs. Just like you dont need to know what > carrier someone is using to call them. Best is to use an aggregator if > you're sending any volume of messages. The cheapest today wont > necessarily be the cheapest tomorrow. I used a UK aggregator, and believe > it or not it was faster from my US server than using an Australian or US > service. But only marginally. Didn't make much difference in reality. > We set up races between mobile phones and the xml packet based aggregator > and several other combinations and the UK Aggregator beat all the other > ways by a second or two seconds, even when it was routing the messages > through a South African carrier to an Australian carrier to another > Australian carrier to my phone. > > The full mobile phone number will find the device no matter where in the > world it is, no matter what carrier they're connected to. > > But as far as ColdFusion is concerned, you'll either be making up an email > containing the message and sending it using CFMail or using an XML packet > and sending that by cfhttp. Depends on how your service is set up. Rest > assured it wont be the most difficult ColdFusion task you've ever done. > > Cheers > Mike Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:359694 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
