The priority flag is part of the SMPP specs and gets set using the "priority" parameter. I agree with you, I don't think that any SMSC would base his internal priority queue on my behalf.
What I didn't find (yet, at least) is any actions being take by kannel in spite of the priority setting. I mean, I see it's being passed on the SMPP PDU, but I don't see any actions being take on kannel's internal queueing. Under this scenario, if I have thousands of messages queued on the store file, setting higher priority to a new message won't make any difference. Am I correct here or am I missing something? Thank you in advance, Alejandro On 9/14/07, info.ubichip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I don't think any operator let you send the priority parameter to their SMSC > through SMPP, if yes, they will override your value in any case. What I > suggest to you is to put all your regular traffic as lowest priority and so > your "emergency" sms with higher priority. I already using this in Kannel > and it is working perfectly whatever we got lot sms in queues. > > Hope thath helps ! > > Regards > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alejandro Guerrieri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: jeudi 13 septembre 2007 18:30 > To: users@kannel.org > Subject: Re: Kannel queue management > > I've been checking the source code, and so far I've found that the > priority parameter get sent into the SMPP PDU, so at least that > wouldn't help in my case, specially since the default priority is zero > (the highest, BTW). > > This parameter seems to be passed "as is" to the underlying protocol. > If I have thousand of messages queued on "my side", there won't be any > difference setting the priority field. > > Am I wrong? Anybody can throw some light on this? > > BTW, I've found an error on the comments on the source code: > > /* check for any specified priority value in range [0-5] */ > if (cfg_get_integer(&priority, grp, octstr_imm("priority")) == -1) > priority = SMPP_DEFAULT_PRIORITY; > else if (priority < 0 || priority > 3) > panic(0, "SMPP: Invalid value for priority directive in > configuraton (allowed range 0-3)."); > > [0-5] should say [0-3] :) > > (Sorry this snippet should have gone to the devel list) > > Regards, > > Alejandro > > On 9/13/07, info.ubichip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > To answer your Q1 and Q4:as far as I know, the priority parameter interact > > directly with the kannel queue, that means a message with a higher > priority > > is sent quicker than previous one. I'm using it to pass debug and > emergency > > sms in case of failure of one server. > > > > To determine if 0 is the highest or the lowest, you have to test or take a > > look in the source code ;-) > > > > > > > > BR > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alejandro Guerrieri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: jeudi 13 septembre 2007 09:45 > > To: users@kannel.org > > Subject: Kannel queue management > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm facing some problems with carrier's connections due to limited > > throughput on their part. > > > > It's not really a kannel problem, the SMSC connection has a lower > > throughput, so at peak hours we experience message queueing. > > > > The problem is, we need some messages to get sent as soon as posible, > > but when we have thousands of messages queued for delivery there's a > > significant delay (it may be hours from the time of queueing). > > > > So my question is: is there any way to handle individual message's > > priority at sending time? My goal is to be able to enqueue some > > messages with "critical" priority and they should be sent asap. > > > > I've checked the user guide and found the "priority" parameter: > > > > priority number Optional. Sets the Priority value (range 0-3 is > > allowed). > > > > This leads to some questions: > > > > 1. Do this parameter affect the queuing of outgoing messages inside > > kannel as I expect it to be, or it's just a parameter being passed as > > part of the PDU? > > 2. Which priority gets set by default if the paremeter is missing? > > 3. Which one is the highest (zero I guess?) > > 4. Does it work for SMPP and HTTP connections as well? > > > > Thank you in advance, > > > > Alejandro. > > -- > > Alejandro Guerrieri > > Magicom > > http://www.magicom-bcn.net/ > > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/aguerrieri > > > > > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > Antivirus avast! <http://www.avast.com> : message Sortant sain. > > > > > > Base de donnees virale (VPS) : 000774-5, 13/09/2007 > > Analyse le : 13/09/2007 12:40:55 > > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Alejandro Guerrieri > Magicom > http://www.magicom-bcn.net/ > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/aguerrieri > > > > > > _____ > > Antivirus avast! <http://www.avast.com> : message Sortant sain. > > > Base de donnees virale (VPS) : 000774-5, 13/09/2007 > Analyse le : 13/09/2007 20:43:30 > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. > > > > -- Alejandro Guerrieri Magicom http://www.magicom-bcn.net/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/aguerrieri