That’s fine. The surrounding discussion is likely helpful to other nanogen.
-mel > On Aug 17, 2016, at 7:53 AM, Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote: > > Just a heads up to everyone with these suggestions, Mike is complaining the > thought of using a paid service for a "critical" function to be a waste of > bandwidth. He will then block your email address. > > Just thought I'd save everyone's time from trying to help him. He is only > concerned about fixing the free service and not a solution to the problem. > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On Aug 17, 2016 10:48 AM, "Scott Fisher" <littlefish...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This subject pops up every 6 months and it's a problem that can be solved >> 100 ways. One way we did it at Team Cymru was install a foxbox sms gateway >> in our datacenter. It was a pain to get working, (mainly due to some >> miscommunication with the Italian support team), but one we got past a few >> problems it works flawlessly for all alerts. If alerts are unack'd for a >> specific amount of time, escalation alerts go out via email-to-sms AND SMS >> to a broader group to ensure someone gets the message. >> >> Thanks, >> Scott >> >> On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 5:31 AM, Dovid Bender <do...@telecurve.com> wrote: >> >>> We use Zang.io and are very happy. Be careful when using long codes (10 >>> digit numbers) as if you send too many messages out in a day (500+) the >>> larger carriers such as Verizon will start blocking you. As Jeff >> mentioned >>> if your monitoring tool is onsite and the internet goes down then it's >>> worthless. In our case it's in another DC so if everything goes down we >>> still get alerts. You can also try twilio and telnyx. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 7:33 PM, Sam Norris <s...@sandiegobroadband.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Same boat... We are sending messages to phonenum...@vtext.com and >>> getting >>>> bouncebacks or lost items. I assume its because some limits are now >>> being >>>> put >>>> into place. We are a Verizon subscriber so I am paying, it is not a >> free >>>> service. But .... I am totally up for paid services if you can >> recommend >>>> some >>>> that will reliably get us texts to our verizon phones. >>>> >>>> Sam >>>> >>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Ryan, >>> Spencer >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 4:17 PM >>>>> To: Josh Luthman; Mike >>>>> Cc: NANOG list >>>>> Subject: RE: Email to text - vtext.com blacklisting ip >>>>> >>>>> I agree. Pay Pager duty or a SMS gateway with a SLA. Relying on the >>> free >>>> service >>>>> for anything critical is asking for trouble. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -------- Original message -------- >>>>> From: Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> >>>>> Date: 8/16/16 6:09 PM (GMT-05:00) >>>>> To: Mike <mike-na...@tiedyenetworks.com> >>>>> Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org> >>>>> Subject: Re: Email to text - vtext.com blacklisting ip >>>>> >>>>> If it's critical I'd suggest a service than can depended on... >>>>> >>>>> Josh Luthman >>>>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>>>> 1100 Wayne St >>>>> Suite 1337 >>>>> Troy, OH 45373 >>>>> >>>>> On Aug 16, 2016 5:45 PM, "Mike" <mike-na...@tiedyenetworks.com> >> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I have a server that monitors my network and issues text >> messages >>>> if >>>>>> there are events of note that require human intervention. There is >>> some >>>>>> process filtering that ensures it also is not able to issue more >>> than 1 >>>>>> alert maximum per 5 minutes, to ensure it doesn't flood pagers with >>>>>> messages all screaming the sky is falling when things are not going >>>> well. >>>>>> Recently however, this server is no longer able to deliver messages >>> to >>>>>> vtext.com - it gets nothing but 554 errors: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> telnet 69.78.67.53 25 >>>>>> Trying 69.78.67.53... >>>>>> Connected to 69.78.67.53. >>>>>> Escape character is '^]'. >>>>>> 554 txslspamp10.vtext.com >>>>>> Connection closed by foreign host. >>>>>> >>>>>> Granted on some days during challenging times it can send 30 or 40 >>>>>> messages before we get to it and get it squelched / silenced, but >>> it's >>>>>> otherwise reasonably well behaved IMHO and I don't think we are any >>>> heavy >>>>>> volume sender. So I am trying to figure out why it's blacklisted >> then >>>> and >>>>>> am rolling snake eyes. If anyone who is an admin for verizon or >> who >>>> has >>>>>> any insight to share I'd certainly appreciate it. Email to text is >> a >>>>>> critical function we depend on. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Scott >>