Re: Feature request -- SMS spam blocking?

2007-10-25 Thread Doug Sutherland
Regarding SMS, a few basic comments on how it works ... First, there is a message service center address, that is the link to the provider and is set with the +CSCA command. The device (phone) can be set to allow originations (send), terminations (receive) and broadcast type messages, set with th

Feature request -- SMS spam blocking?

2007-10-25 Thread Derek Pressnall
Question about how SMS messages work. Does the software stack have to perform a a seperate action to retrieve an inbound sms message, or is the message text actually part of the alert from the gsm chip? If a seperate action has to be taken to retrieve the sms message, then do the phone carriers c