I agree. I'm using a gateway as well. I wouldn't recommend the email method. Jim, I am curious on who you are using for .03 a text.
On Apr 7, 10:30 am, Jim <jeb62...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've had problems with that approach in the past including: > > -- the email to text gateways operated by the cell carriers can be > very slow > -- I've found that the gateways often mess up the formatting of the > message, depending on the gateway it might wind up in the SMS with > things like "SUBJ:" and "BODY" and junk like that cluttering up your > message. > -- determining the correct email gateway to use from the cellphone > number is no longer reliable. It used to be you could look up with > the area code and exchange and determine which carrier issued the > number and then know which email gateway to use. Well, actually you > can still do that but with cellphone number portability, you don't > know which carrier currently services the number, you just know which > carrier issued the number. So you wind up having to ask your > customer to provide their phone number and specify which carrier they > use. > > I recently did an integration to a SMS gateway. They have a variety > of APIs including HTTPS, XML, SOAP, etc. They have a callback > mechanism so your app gets status updates on the delivery status of > each message. Only draw back is it cost $0.03 per message. There may > be cheaper ones out there, I'm not sure as I got tired of looking > around and three cents was reasonable for my usage. > > It just depends on if you're willing to live with the limitations, > then the email approach is fine. If you need something cleaner and > more reliable, then I suggest subscribing to a sms gateway service. > > On Apr 7, 1:21 am, MajorProgamming <sefira...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I am currently developing an app that will send text message > > reminders. I was thinking of using each carrier's email gateway to > > handle the messages. Are there any potential scaling problems with > > this method? > > > (I plan on sending the text messages via the GAE Email system) > > > Thank you, --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
