[CODE4LIB] SMS headers in email->sms
Hi all, Does anyone know if there's a way to specify/alter the equivalent of email-headers on SMS messages sent from an email address? We send SMS messages to users through the library website, but the messages come from a bogus email address. We'd like it to come from a real email address so they can text us back if necessary. I tried changing the "From:" headers on the email, but that didn't work. Is there an SMS equivalent of an email header that we can modify? A little bit of searching around makes me think that UDH (User Data Headers) might be involved, but I can't make heads or tails of what I'm seeing when I look that up. Alternately: does anyone have a handy PHP/SMS library that handles all of this behind the scenes and requires me not to know much? Thanks! Looking forward to seeing some of you in South Bend this weekend =) Ken
Re: [CODE4LIB] SMS headers in email->sms
I don't know if this will be any help but you would need to replace the reply- to header I expect. Thomas On Wednesday 09 June 2010 08:49:11 you wrote: > Hi all, > > Does anyone know if there's a way to specify/alter the equivalent of > email-headers on SMS messages sent from an email address? > > We send SMS messages to users through the library website, but the messages > come from a bogus email address. We'd like it to come from a real email > address so they can text us back if necessary. I tried changing the > "From:" headers on the email, but that didn't work. Is there an SMS > equivalent of an email header that we can modify? > > A little bit of searching around makes me think that UDH (User Data > Headers) might be involved, but I can't make heads or tails of what I'm > seeing when I look that up. > > Alternately: does anyone have a handy PHP/SMS library that handles all of > this behind the scenes and requires me not to know much? > > Thanks! Looking forward to seeing some of you in South Bend this weekend =) > Ken > -- == Thomas McMillan Grant Bennett Appalachian State University Operations & Systems AnalystP O Box 32026 University LibraryBoone, North Carolina 28608 (828) 262 6587 Library Systems Help Desk: https://www.library.appstate.edu/help/ ==
Re: [CODE4LIB] SMS headers in email->sms
On 6/9/10 7:49 AM, Ken Irwin wrote: Hi all, Does anyone know if there's a way to specify/alter the equivalent of email-headers on SMS messages sent from an email address? We send SMS messages to users through the library website, but the messages come from a bogus email address. We'd like it to come from a real email address so they can text us back if necessary. I tried changing the "From:" headers on the email, but that didn't work. Is there an SMS equivalent of an email header that we can modify? A little bit of searching around makes me think that UDH (User Data Headers) might be involved, but I can't make heads or tails of what I'm seeing when I look that up. Alternately: does anyone have a handy PHP/SMS library that handles all of this behind the scenes and requires me not to know much? Thanks! Looking forward to seeing some of you in South Bend this weekend =) Ken When I get SMS messages that originate from e-mail they usually come from my TelCo's SMS gateway so I will hazard that it may not matter what you do with your From headers... or certainly I feel you will have to deal with the various TelCo companies many different rules etc., to get it to work. See you in South Bend. :-) ./fxk -- If Machiavelli were a hacker, he'd have worked for the CSSG. -- Phil Lapsley
Re: [CODE4LIB] SMS headers in email->sms
We originally tried changing the From and Reply-To mail headers, but the phones we tested on didn't honor the email headers. Instead they show an address @www6.wittenberg.edu (ie, our web server). That's why I was thinking there would be some sort of SMS-equivalent-header that it cared about more. Ken -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas Bennett Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 9:36 AM I don't know if this will be any help but you would need to replace the reply- to header I expect. Thomas
Re: [CODE4LIB] SMS headers in email->sms
Ken, A while back our sys admin pointed out that php mail function takes a '-f' parameter that can control the sender address. If you haven't tried it yet maybe you can give it a try.. Harish - Harish Maringanti Systems Analyst K-State Libraries 785.532.3261 On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Ken Irwin wrote: > We originally tried changing the From and Reply-To mail headers, but the > phones we tested on didn't honor the email headers. Instead they show an > address @www6.wittenberg.edu (ie, our web server). That's why I was > thinking there would be some sort of SMS-equivalent-header that it cared > about more. > > Ken > > -Original Message- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of > Thomas Bennett > Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 9:36 AM > > > I don't know if this will be any help but you would need to replace the > reply- > to header I expect. > > Thomas >
Re: [CODE4LIB] SMS headers in email->sms
If memory serves me right, it is possible that you might be stuck because I think this parameter can be disabled by configuration which makes sense if you think about it. Also, even if it isn't disabled and the web user is not configured as a trusted sender, a warning message will be appended to the email headers that will get your message identified as spam by just about every filter out there. kyle On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Harish Maringanti wrote: > Ken, > > A while back our sys admin pointed out that php mail function takes a '-f' > parameter that can control the sender address. If you haven't tried it yet > maybe you can give it a try.. > > Harish > > - > Harish Maringanti > Systems Analyst > K-State Libraries > 785.532.3261 > > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Ken Irwin wrote: > > > We originally tried changing the From and Reply-To mail headers, but the > > phones we tested on didn't honor the email headers. Instead they show an > > address @www6.wittenberg.edu (ie, our web server). That's why I was > > thinking there would be some sort of SMS-equivalent-header that it cared > > about more. > > > > Ken > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of > > Thomas Bennett > > Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 9:36 AM > > > > > > I don't know if this will be any help but you would need to replace the > > reply- > > to header I expect. > > > > Thomas > > > -- -- Kyle Banerjee Digital Services Program Manager Orbis Cascade Alliance baner...@uoregon.edu / 503.999.9787
Re: [CODE4LIB] SMS headers in email->sms
On Wed, 9 Jun 2010, Ken Irwin wrote: We originally tried changing the From and Reply-To mail headers, but the phones we tested on didn't honor the email headers. Instead they show an address @www6.wittenberg.edu (ie, our web server). That's why I was thinking there would be some sort of SMS-equivalent-header that it cared about more. Are you changing the line 'From:' (the "From header") or 'From ' (the "envelope from", which is part of the SMTP protocol's routing, and *not* part of the e-mail message) I don't know if this will help or not, but it sounds like the -f flag is the way to go: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/179014/how-to-change-envelope-from-address-using-php-mail -Joe -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas Bennett Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 9:36 AM I don't know if this will be any help but you would need to replace the reply- to header I expect. Thomas
