Topic: Sending SMSes / SMS carrier API

Hi.

I am Mustafa from Norway. I am not so confident about "mail2sms service provider".

1. How do I find the most reasonable: mail2sms service provider.
2. How do I understand how mail2sms service provider works?
3. How do I connect mail2sms service provider to luxcal on my Webpage?

Thank you on pre-hand

Re: Sending SMSes / SMS carrier API

Hi Mustafa,
Answers to your questions:
1. I don't know. The best way is to search the web and look what other Nowegians suggest. Before you sign up with a provider (SMS carrier) you should always ask them for a trial user account with some credits (e.g. 1 €) so that you can test if it works with the LuxCal calendar.
2. By checking and reading the documentation on their websites.
3. LuxCal works via an API which sends an email. The email address part before the @ can contain a username/password, or user ID and the part after the @ is the SMS carrier (the provider). You can see examples by going to the calendar's Settings page and in the section Reminders - SMS hover over "SMS carrier template".
Roel

3 (edited by lunarious87 2022-01-28 06:35:36)

Re: Sending SMSes / SMS carrier API

Roel wrote:

Hi Mustafa,

Hi, I pray we are still Friends smile I will come back to your about Horses@Prophet_Muhammed.com OR: lunarious87@hotmail.com

Pre @ is person

<<-- This is my understanding of email i.e. Post @ group . com

Roel wrote:

Answers to your questions:
1. I don't know. The best way is to search the web and look what other Nowegians suggest. Before you sign up with a provider (SMS carrier)  you should always ask them for a trial user account with some credits (e.g. 1 €) so that you can test if it works with the LuxCal calendar.
2. By checking and reading the documentation on their websites.
3. LuxCal works via an API which sends an email. The email address part before the @ can contain a username/password, or user ID and the part after the @ is the SMS carrier (the provider).

Do you mean at 3 like Mustafa@AltusHost.com?

Roel wrote:

You can see examples by going to the calendar's Settings page and in the section Reminders - SMS hover over "SMS carrier template".
Roel

I struggel with this. I need extensive text@this. I don't see difference between LuxCal setup, and e-mail setup.

Re: Sending SMSes / SMS carrier API

So, my focus now is to send one e-mail and beyond...

Re: Sending SMSes / SMS carrier API

LuxCal supports SMS carrier APIs, which require for each SMS an email in the following format:

<pre><mobile number><post>@<smscarrier.xxx>

where:
<pre> is optional free format text required by some carriers
<mobile number> is the SMS destination
<post> is free format text, often a passwprd required by the carrier
<smscarrier.xxx> is the SMS carrier mail address

The email message is the SMS message to be forwarded to the destination.

IMPORTANT: Sending SMSes cost money. sensing emails is free.
Roel

Re: Sending SMSes / SMS carrier API

Roel wrote:

IMPORTANT: Sending SMSes cost money. sending emails is free.
Roel

Can I send e-mail in this Format? >>> lunariouis87@icloud.com

I have at this moment contact with only one such "SMS carrier API" company, Stix Utvikling AS, they says: "Access to API for sending SMS costs 40$/month, and quantity SMS under 5000 is 0,48$ pr. SMS..."

What do you think?

Re: Sending SMSes / SMS carrier API

Forget sending SMSes; send emails.
If there is enough interest, at some point we may add the possibility to send Telegram messages from the calendar. Telegram is open source and has a good API. This would be much better, more flexible and free.

Roel

Re: Sending SMSes / SMS carrier API

Forget sending SMSes; send emails.

I have e-mail on some of my events, it is registered there, but i don't get e-mail. Do you think you know why?