You have to user encode it: %2B
[image: Mobyt S.p.A.] <http://www.mobyt.it> *Giulio Giovannini* *Devops Mobyt* giulio.giovann...@mobyt.it *Mobyt S.p.A.* Via Aldighieri 10 44121 Ferrara - Italy tel. + 39 0532 207296 fax. + 39 0532 242952 *www.mobyt.it* <http://www.mobyt.it> 2016-05-26 10:11 GMT+02:00 Rene Kluwen <rene.klu...@chimit.nl>: > Yes, urlencode your message before calling the /cgi-bin/sendsms url. > > > > The ‘+’ sign will become %2B in this case. > > > > == Rene > > > > *Van:* users [mailto:users-boun...@kannel.org] *Namens *Bobby Richardson > *Verzonden:* donderdag 26 mei 2016 1:58 > *Aan:* users@kannel.org > *Onderwerp:* Special Character to send in a SM > > > > Hello: > > > > I need to send a normal SM with a special character “+” via Kannel. > > My SM example is “+RCD:5003”. > > For some reason, Kannel treated it as a space character and sent “ > RCD:5003”. > > > > Any suggestion? > > > > Thank you. > > > > Bobby >