Oh yer, I remember hearing about someone who had done that. Thats pretty cool.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you do it this way, you don't have any control on whether the sms has arrived at the recipient ? I dont know if you do with the vodaphone solution either? I remember that there was a crowd at the computer expo a couple of years ago that did have a mechanism that could guarantee the delivery of an sms. Is your VCL available Jeremy? and what about the dll? Matt. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Coulter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [DUG] email, fax and text > also for SMS there is an option where you can get an old say Nokia 5110 > which are as cheap as chips on trademe, and get a datacable and there is a > DLL that will connect to your nokia phone that I wrote the VCL Wrappers for > the developers of the DLL, and that will send SMS's thru the phone. > But also, the AsyncPro stuff is best for faxing, even when it wasnt free it > was the best around. > > Jeremy > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Matt Comb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:41:56 +1200 > Subject: Re: [DUG] email, fax and text > > > Hi Alister... Sending sms messages are pretty simple, you can open up a > > socket connection with the provider, but the most important thing is > > that > > you require a sms provider e.g. Vodaphone, and Vodaphone actually have > > a > > webtotext engine that you can license. You get slightly cheaper sms' > > from > > memory, and their engine basically provides you with an interface to > > send > > the sms through. > > > > Note, to the best of my knowledge, you cannot send sms' without having > > an > > account such as this. There are some freebies around the world, but > > assuming > > that you need something reliable and don't want half your sms' to go > > missing, you are better off choosing one of the local solutions. > > > > Also interested to know if you get the mechanism working from within > > delphi. > > If you need any help, let me know. > > > > Regards, > > > > Matt. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Alister Christie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 1:33 PM > > Subject: Re: [DUG] email, fax and text > > > > > > > For faxing you could use Async Pro (available on sourceforge). > > > Emailing can be done in a large number of ways but Indy has some good > > > email components. > > > I don't know anything much about text messaging but if you find > > > something I'd be interested in knowing about it ;-) > > > > > > Alister Christie > > > Computers for People > > > Phone: 04 471 1849 / Fax: 04 471 1266 > > > PO Box 13085 > > > Johnsonville > > > Wellington > > > > > > > > > Laurie Bisman wrote: > > > > I have a need to send messages to email, fax and text from a > > database > > > > app. I can build an email and activate IE, but this isn't what I > > want. I > > > > want to send these messages directly. > > > > > > > > Anyone know how to do this for email, fax and text messages? - if > > so, > > > > can you point me in the right direction. > > > > > > > > Laurie Bisman.. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Delphi mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Delphi mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Delphi mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
