I wrote some code which does this *HOWEVER* there are some MAJOR flaws with my code, and these will need correcting before it can be used properly! I've subsequently stopped using it, but the code I wrote uses a Mobile Phone with a serial/bluetooth link and uses Ser2Net to make that phone available to the scripts I wrote - it's at http://sourceforge.net/projects/laconicatools/ and the script is called smsToLaconica. -- Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs LPIC-1 Certified
2009/7/21 Sunny Chow <[email protected]> > Hi Jon > > Thank you very much for the detailed explanation. I'm not sure I understand > all of it, but it'll be enough for me to begin talks with the phone > carriers, I hope. > > Actually, I know of a website, http://tweet.sg where users can register on > the site and send sms' to a local number which results in posts to > Twitter.com. I would like to work with the carriers to do exactly this, but > without going through a third-party. > > Any other suggestions or comments would be welcome, thanks in advance! > > Sunny Chow > www.tweetlah.sg > > > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Jon Spriggs <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Sunny, >> >> You need to ask that provider whether they provide, or would be able to >> provide, an SMS-to-eMail gateway. >> >> The gateway needs to allow e-mails to send in the format: >> [email protected] where the number is the phone number >> your user will enter and name.of.mail.provider is an eMail domain like >> sms-gateway.phoneco.com. This would allow your service to send SMS >> messages to your users. >> >> For the return path, the service would need to be able to send e-mails to >> you. The way it's currently configured, I think your users would have to >> send to a specific e-mail address, which I think is unique per user. I don't >> run my own instance of Laconica, so I can't be sure. >> >> Your other alternative for SMS messages in would be to set up some >> arrangement with the phone carrier to deliver the messages to some service >> running on your server. This service would translate the mobile number to a >> username by looking at the system's databases and then processing that as an >> "authenticated" message (as it's come from a difficult-to-spoof source). >> >> Sadly, this second service is not something which is pre-built in the >> Laconica codebase, as the chances are it would be specific to the provider >> and no-one else is doing anything like this (that I know of), so you'd >> probably have to get someone to write it for you. >> >> I hope this gives you some more of the technical information that you >> need. Anyone who's currently running the SMS side of things, can you confirm >> I'm right? >> >> Rgds, >> >> -- >> Jon ""The Nice Guy"" Spriggs LPIC-1 Certified >> This message was sent from my mobile device. Please excuse any top posting >> and typos that may occur as a result. >> >> On Jul 21, 2009 4:26 AM, "Sunny Chow" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, non-programmer here asking techie question: >> I have a local-centric Laconica site catering to users in Singapore. I >> would like to add my country's local mobile phone providers to the list so >> that users can sms their tweets/notices to post on the site. >> >> How can I do this? >> >> I will be talking to one provider about doing this but need to know how to >> present the requirements to them so they understand what needs to be done to >> effect this. I would appreciate any help you can give me on this. >> >> Regards >> >> Sunny >> www.tweetlah.sg >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Laconica-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.laconi.ca/mailman/listinfo/laconica-dev >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Laconica-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.laconi.ca/mailman/listinfo/laconica-dev > >
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