>Hi. Recently, I've been witnessing some strange SMSs >from Kannel (cvs version 22 october). > I send out an SMS to a mobile phone, through EMI2 / CMG SMSC. >I DO set the sender number. > >Now this happens (sometimes): Instead of just showing a plain SMS, >something involving the phones address book happens > - sometimes, the received SMS is shown as originating from some person >in the phones address book, sometimes >it displays an entry in the address book (and OK then calls this number). > - sometimes, it just refuses to reply to the SMS (ie it doesn't like the >reply number). > >We used to set the reply number to a 'regional 8digit phone number', >but right now we set it to an international-style '+45thenlocaldigits'. > >That may all be very fun, but it's rather embarassing in >a situation when we are demoing services to potential customers :-( > >Have anybody had similar experiences / know, how such errors >arise ?
EMI2 works fine for setting the sender number.I always use the international format and the latest CVS does send it out as truely international number which wasnt the case with older versions. This means the number is sent to the SMSC without the + but indicating that the number format is an international one. If your handset does receive the SMS and there is a matching directory entry, then it might display the name of the sender instead of its number (my Nokia 6210 does it at least). This has nothing to do with Kannel at all as it is performed on the local handset. If you send local numbers before, the handset might not have matched the corresponding entry in the adress book because the numbers did not match to the internationally written one in the adress book. -- Andreas Fink Fink-Consulting ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tel: +41-61-6932730 Fax: +41-61-6932729 Mobile: +41-79-2457333 Address: A. Fink, Schwarzwaldallee 16, 4058 Basel, Switzerland E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.finkconsulting.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ Something urgent? Try http://www.smsrelay.com/ Nickname afink
