I recommend you to use the sqlbox patch, so you can enqueue all your messages as inserts on a MySQL db just in a few seconds (depending on the amount of inserts, of course) and then forget about it (Kannel will handle the rest of the work internally).
Hope it helps, On 11/7/05, Wilfried Goesgens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 04:06:38PM +0100, Lars-Hendrik Schneider wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I want to send personalized SMS to a huge number of different recipients > > (so one message for each number) using a Siemens TC35 modem. Therefore I > > currently > > make http-requests (using the http-interface) like this from a shell script: > > http://smsbox.host.name:13013/cgi-bin/sendsms?username=foo&password=bar&to=0123456&text=Hello+world > > (taken from the user's guide), replacing the "to=" and > > "text="-values everytime. > > > > The question: Is it necessary to set a sleep between each request or will > > the modem slow down the throughput automatically? Normally the request is > > waiting > > for the "Accepted for delivery" before continuing - is this enough to make > > sure, that the modem is not overloaded? Or is there another way to deliver > > the > > SMS through the GSM modem making sure that the SMS are accepted by the GSM > > network provider? > kannel will do queueing for you. > your performance/throughput may vary from several seconds for a message up to > more than a minute, > depending on your provider. > btw, i've found the tc35 behaving rather nasty compared to simple nokia > mobiles or wavecoms. > > > > > > Greetz and thanks, > > > > Lars-Hendrik > > > > -- Alejandro Guerrieri Magicom http://www.magicom-bcn.net/
