Hi.

I have a similar problem with getting random SMSC disconnects.

> However, it seems that kannel will not process any messages still left
> in its spool file, so although new messages get routed OK, old messages
> waiting to be sent do not.
> Is there a way to force kannel to check its spool file and either send
> or remove any messages still left there ?

I found that sending the HUP signal to Kannel makes it send messages that
are stored in the kannel.store file.

Regards,

David.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Thanos Chatziathanassiou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 1:44 PM
Subject: Kannel SMPP error handling


> Hello,
> I seem to have a problem with SMPP connections, maybe someone more
> knowledgeable can help me out:
>
> We have an SMPP connection to Vodafone Greece, which is working fine
> most of the time.
> At times, however, I imagine due to intermittent network problems, the
> connection would get dropped.
> I have tried setting the ``enquire-link-interval'' option in the conf,
> but obviously, it won't help if the network is down (or the problem is
> not SMPP related anyway).
>
> My next resort was a cron job, that would check the number of
> outstanding messages to Vodafone devices and shut-down and restart the
> SMSC connection accordingly, informing me of the outcome.
>
> This is working quite well, in that the SMSC connection gets re-
> established and messages get routed correctly.
>
> However, it seems that kannel will not process any messages still left
> in its spool file, so although new messages get routed OK, old messages
> waiting to be sent do not.
> Is there a way to force kannel to check its spool file and either send
> or remove any messages still left there ?
> Because as it is, the cron job doesn't do any good to those poor fellas
> that must be sent messages, but fell pray to connection problems.
>
> Regards,
> Thanos Chatziathanassiou
>
> --
>
>
>


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