Thanks to you all, Bernard, Alex and Glenn for providing insights into this. I would certainly only be looking at one-way messaging (no replies from clients), and, although I cannot say for certain yet, the connection would probably be through a third-party sms gateway provider, since the volume of messaging would be relatively small (again, I still need to have numbers clarified for me). It would be even simpler if I could follow Glenn's idea of using the gateway provided by the (most?) network providers (I tested this out on my own phone and it worked perfectly well), but wouldn't I need to know not just the phone number of each client but also which network they use?
I'll provide more feedback once I have further information myself. Meantime, thanks for helping me out with this . . . . . . Best wishes Steve *************************************************************************** This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any reading, printing, storage, disclosure, copying or any other action taken in respect of this e-mail is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by using the reply function and then permanently delete what you have received. Content of emails received by this Trust will be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, subject to the specified exemptions, including the Data Protection Act 1998 and Caldicott Guardian principles. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMESweeper and Sophos Anti-virus for the presence of computer viruses. ***************************************************************************
