Maybe you've set "bearerbox-host" in the sms-group and it was pointing to
the old machine.

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:09 AM, <[email protected]>wrote:

>  The computer was on the network.  It is just that the SMSC blocks the
> port in question to users who aren't of pre-approved IPs. As for smsbox
> being somehow started, I am the only one using that computer, and I haven't
> started it (smsbox) in at least two weeks.  Also, I never definately never
> configured any routing options.  And also, according to bearerbox logs
> nothing was sent.  All I see is it confirming its connection about every 5
> minutes.  This doesn't at all account for the messages which were being sent
> every few seconds, according to SMSC.  (I'm not entirely convinced that
> there isn't some exaggeration on their part)
>
>
>
> Thanks for your reply
>
>
>
> J
>
>
>
> *From:* Nikos Balkanas [mailto:[email protected]]
> *Sent:* Friday, June 12, 2009 8:45 AM
> *To:* von Gunten-Hinke Jessica, SCS-NIT-NIO-SE-ISC; [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: smsc bombardment without smsbox running
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> The only thing that I can think of, is that an *smsbox* (or SQLbox) got
> active somehow. I mean, you were sure that no network access was to the
> SMSc, and yet there was. How difficult would be to start smsbox? Propably
> someone needed to use it and enabled the network and smsbox.
>
> The only configuration without smsbox that can enable that (provifed that
> network exists) are the reroute & reroute-smsc-id options in the smsc group.
>
>
>
> These problems can best be diagnosed while still active, i.e. without
> rebooting/restarting application or server. To find out you need to look at
> the bearerbox logs (access +application) and see where bearerbox got SMS
> from.
>
>
>
>
>
> BR,
>
> Nikos
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>
> *From:* [email protected]
>
> *To:* [email protected]
>
> *Sent:* Friday, June 12, 2009 9:16 AM
>
> *Subject:* smsc bombardment without smsbox running
>
>
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> I have a strange situation.
>
>
>
> I set up kannel.  It was a functional setup but it was on a computer whose
> IP didn't have access to my SMSC's port.
>
>
>
> Later I made the "real" setup on another computer and more or less
> abandoned the other.
>
>
>
> Bearerbox remained set to start at boot on the original computer, but not
> smsbox.  The computer had been rebooted a number of times, so there is no
> reason to think smsbox was still running,since there was no one to turn
> start it.  Regardless the SMSC has called and said they are being bombarded
> with SMSs, which they are rejecting, which are originating from the original
> computer's IP.  I really don't understand how this could be, since smsbox
> wasn't started, and no one has tried to send SMSs from it.
>
>
>
> Does anyone know of a scenario which could explain this, due to
> configurations otherwise?
>
>
>
> TIA
>
>
>
> J
>
>
>
>

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