NowSMS NextGen Quick Setup: Mobile Operator MMSC
Step 1: Open a terminal session with the server and ensure that you are logged in with a user account that has root privileges available via sudo. Step 2: Download the NowSMS version that is appropriate for your environment by using one of the following commands: Standard Linux (Intel/AMD64 microprocessor): wget https://www.nowsms.com/download/linux/nowsms.tar.gz ARM 64-bit...
Read MoreNowSMS NextGen: Multiple Servers for Scalability and Fault Tolerance
To help explain how NowSMS NextGen can support clustered servers for fault tolerance and scalability, we are reposting this thread from our support forum. Hi, Your release notes for NowSMS NextGen says: Clustered Servers – Multiple front-end servers can share their workload via a shared database, offering powerful new options for fault tolerant systems and scalability. And there is also a note...
Read MoreNowSMS NextGen for Linux (and Mac)
Now available as a beta release, NowSMS NextGen is the next generation platform of NowSMS, being released initially for Linux and macOS environments. NowSMS NextGen builds on the foundation of the existing NowSMS product. We reviewed every line of code and every configuration setting, no matter how well hidden. Anything that is possible with NowSMS is possible with NowSMS NextGen. Initially,...
Read MoreSelecting MMS Route when sending MMS
When submitting an MMS message, it is frequently desirable to direct the message to a specific connection. The method for doing this varies depending on the protocol being used to submit the MMS message. HTTP URL or POST Submission If you are submitting via HTTP (https://nowsms.com/doc/submitting-mms-messages/now-smsmms-proprietary-url-su bmission), you can specify an MMSCRoute=xxxx parameter,...
Read MorePriority SMS Message Queue
NowSMS 2018 supports a priority queue for SMS messages. A user account attribute (under “SMS Users”) is use to indicate that all SMS messages submitted by this account should be processed before messages submitted by non-priority...
Read MoreLimit SMS Messages Sent Per Day, Hour, Minute, or Second
Especially useful for modem connections, NowSMS 2018 supports restrictions that can be used to limit the number of SMS messages sent over any individual SMS connection. These restrictions can be accessed from the “SMSC” page in the NowSMS configuration. Highlight an SMSC connection and press the “Restrictions” button. These settings are also available in the NowSMS Cloud...
Read MoreMMS Notifications: SMS Sender Address & SMPP Connection Choice
An interesting series of questions from our support mailbox: Hi Now SMS Technical Support, Hope you are all keeping well. Just had a question. Is there any way to define a sender ID for MMS where the leg out to the SMSC seems to have no Calling Party Address? Define a “Default Sender Address” under the properties for the SMSC connection. SMS messages that are generated for MMS...
Read MoreUCP to SMPP Converter / Proxy
We’ve had a few inquiries related to the UCP protocol recently. UCP is a legacy application to SMS protocol that was implemented by SMSCs from a company named CMG. (Bryce posted some background info on this over 12 years ago in response to questions in our support forum at https://support.nowsms.com/discus/messages/1/8150.html) UCP was never a widely adopted protocol, but for a period of...
Read MoreSend MMS Message from PHP Script
Note: For additional APIs for sending and receiving SMS and MMS messages, please see our Developer APIs for SMS + MMS page. Back in 2003, we posted an example PHP script for sending MMS via NowSMS on our discussion board at https://nowsms.com/discus/messages/1/1113.html. While this script has worked well over the years, it has a serious limitation in that it does not support SSL/TLS. Version 2...
Read MoreSend SMS from PHP Script
Note: For additional APIs for sending and receiving SMS and MMS messages, please see our Developer APIs for SMS + MMS page. Back in 2003, we posted an example PHP script for sending SMS via NowSMS on our discussion board at https://nowsms.com/discus/messages/1/867.html. While this script has worked well over the years, it has a serious limitation in that it does not support SSL/TLS. Version 2 of...
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