Software Updates

NowSMS Software Updates

NowSMS 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,...

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NowSMS Spring 2017 Update

New releases of the Now SMS/MMS Gateway and NowSMS Lite are now available (Version 2017.04.07). Downloads are available at https://nowsms.com/download-free-trial. Customers with an active Maintenance Agreement can download the 30-day trial version to update a licensed installation. If you have questions about update eligibility or maintenance agreements, please contact us. Highlights of the new...

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NowSMS Spring 2016 Update

New releases of the Now SMS/MMS Gateway and NowSMS Lite are now available (Version 2016.03.28). Downloads are available at https://nowsms.com/download-free-trial. Customers with an active Maintenance Agreement can download the 30-day trial version to update a licensed installation. The primary enhancements in this release are performance improvements and a new web user interface. There are...

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NowSMS / NowMMS Update 2014.05.30

The focus of this release is enhancements for SMS and MMS gateway functionality, with a particular focus on GSM modem configurations (including support for Android phones as modems), e-mail gateway functionality, and automated application processing of both SMS and MMS messages.

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Heartbleed SSL/TLS Fix for NowSMS

If you are using NowSMS with SSL/TLS in a server role, please be advised that OpenSSL is used to provide this functionality, and may be affected by the widely publicized “heart bleed” flaw. To address this issue, an update for the module that provides SSL/TLS functionality (OpenSSL v1.0.1g) is available at https://nowsms.com/download/heartbleedfix.zip. This download is a ZIP archive...

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NowSMS / NowMMS Update 2013.11.15

An updated release of NowSMS is now available for download. Version 2013.11.15 is a critical update for customers using MMSC functionality. This update fixes two different denial of service problems and improves recovery handling of unexpected problems. One problem was new to the 2013.09.26 release and can be triggered by a corrupt message received via an MM4 connection. The other problem affects...

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NowSMS/NowMMS Update (Version 2013.09.26)

An updated release of NowSMS & NowMMS is now available for general release. Existing customers who have a current software update license can use the trial download to update their existing installation.  Please see the Serial # page of the NowSMS configuration program to determine software update eligibility. There are numerous enhancements in this release, some of which have been made...

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SMPP Server Adds @ Characters to Text Message

It has come to our attention that a bug exists in the NowSMS SMPP Server implementation for versions dated between 2011.07.xx and 2012.01.xx inclusive. This bug only effects configurations where NowSMS is being used as an SMPP server.  In other words, an SMPP client is being used to submit messages to NowSMS, and messages are being segmented by the SMPP client before they are submitted to...

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Nokia N9 Unable to Receive MMS

It has come to our attention that there is a bug in the MMS client of the Nokia N9 which can prevent this phone from being able to receive MMS messages from a NowSMS MMSC. The problem occurs because the MMS client cannot process an MMS notification message where the MMS Content URL contains a URL escaped parameter.  When the MMS client encounters a URL escaped parameter in a URL, it re-encodes...

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NowSMS Update Release 2011.07.05

An updated release of the Now SMS & MMS Gateway is currently available at https://nowsms.com/download/nowsms20110705.zip.  Use the executable file in this ZIP to update an existing NowSMS installation. This document details the update release history since the previous official release, version 2010.11.04.  Release history for the changes prior to the current official release can be found...

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