RE: i5 text message solution

Just use on of the many web services. This takes very little time to implement in higher level languages such as .NET and JAVA, you'll have to jump through a bunch more hoops in RPG to accomplish the same thing but it should be doable with the HTTPAPI

http://www.twilio.com/
http://www.textport.com/webservices/
http://www.strikeiron.com/product-list/sms-alerts-and-notification/


-----Original Message-----
From: rob@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 4:12 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: i5 text message solution

This comes up once in awhile. The general consensus is to use a 'device'
that has a subscription to some cell phone provider. They have interagreements to each other so you don't have to know their provider.
Otherwise, you'll have to figure out their provider (subject to change whenever they renegotiate contracts) and do what you've done below.


Rob Berendt
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From: "Steinmetz, Paul" <PSteinmetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date: 04/09/2013 04:08 PM
Subject: i5 text message solution
Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



We would like start sending text messages from our i5 OS billing system to
our customers. The problem is that we don't know the customer's cell
provider and this is needed to send a text.

Examples
Verizon - phonenumber@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:phonenumber@xxxxxxxxx>
AT&T- phonenumber@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:phonenumber@xxxxxxxxxxx>
T-Mobile - phonenumber@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:phonenumber@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sprint - phonenumber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<
mailto:phonenumber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Are there any iSeries solutions available for this?

Thank You
_____
Paul Steinmetz
IBM i Systems Administrator

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