The issue is not who brings the connection down. We suppose that it's not a proxy nor a firewall problem and the configuration is correct.Let's just say that is a cable problem. All I am asking is if kannel can handle this situation.
-----Original Message----- From: Andreas Fink [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 2:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Connection failed ? On Freitag, September 19, 2003, at 11:22 Uhr, Stamatopoulos Panagiotis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Stipe, > > Thanks for the response, BUT this is not exactly what I am asking for. I > already implemented the scenario you describe (could not fetch). In my > scenario the HTTP request is delivered to the HTTP server, BUT BEFORE the > HTTP server delivers the expected response to kannel, the connection goes > down. > > who brings the connection down? Is it because kannel doesnt wait long enough or because the server closes down. It can also be a proxy server or firewall in the middle which cuts... > So kannel thinks that everything is ok (it delivered the http request > sucessfully), BUT it gets no response-SMS and the user receives nothing in > > his mobile (as the connection is down). > Any further ideas ? > > Thanks in advance > > Panagiotis Stamatopoulos > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stipe Tolj [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 11:32 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Connection failed ? > > > > An SMS is sent from a user's mobile phone to kannel. Kannel > identifies the > specific service, and a URL is requested via the GET-method. Kannel > > expects > > the response from the URL, BUT, the connection between kannel and > HTTP > Server is lost, BEFORE kannel receives the response SMS, that is > supposed > > to > > return as an answer to user. Is there any way to handle this > situation, > > e.g. > > sending an SMS to the user after waiting for 2 or 3 minutes and not > having > > a > > response from the HTTP server? I understand that kannel can handle > some > situations like requestfailed, couldnotfetch, requestfailed, > emptymessage, > but I don't think that can handle the above scenario. Am I correct? > Do you have any ideas ? Waiting for your response. Thanks in advance > > > > yes, Kannel (or specifically the smsbox) can handle this. smsbox can > have an HTTP request queueing mechanism where you can have several > tries to deliver the HTTP request to the HTTP server. Please see > user's guide for configuration directives. > > Now as smsbox will tried all HTTP GETs as failed, when no answer is > given, it will retry to N times that you can configure. If it fails > for all N times, then the smsbox will pass a "could not fetch" message > to the user via bearerbox. > > Stipe > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Wapme Systems AG > > Vogelsanger Weg 80 > 40470 D�sseldorf > > Tel: +49-211-74845-0 > Fax: +49-211-74845-299 > > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Internet: http://www.wapme-systems.de > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > wapme.net - wherever you are > ########################################### > > This message has been scanned by F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft > Exchange. > > > Andreas Fink Global Networks Switzerland AG ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tel: +41-61-6666333 Fax: +41-61-6666334 Mobile: +41-79-2457333 Global Networks, Inc. Clarastrasse 3, 4058 Basel, Switzerland Web: http://www.global-networks.ch/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------ ########################################### This message has been scanned by F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange.
