There are services to look up the carrier for any given phone number. Whether any of them are free or not, is another question entirely. On Fri, April 20, 2007 12:05 pm, Daniel Brown wrote: > I don't really like to, because I run the risk of getting my IP or > even > netblock blacklisted, but I can't think of any other way to do it if > the > user doesn't know what carrier the number belongs to. Any ideas on > this > subject, I'm absolutely more than willing to listen. The way I did it > is a > hack, no question.... and an ugly one at that. It works, but not at > all the > way I want it to. And even if it's only about 0.3K per message sent, > it > adds up over time. > > On 4/20/07, Stut <stuttle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Daniel Brown wrote: >> > The option that you're discussing is what I've been using for >> the >> last >> > several years. All of the ones you sent look correct, from >> memory, but >> I'd >> > have to check my scripts to see for sure. When I'm sending a >> message, I >> > just send it to all of the providers, because one phone number can >> only >> > exist on one carrier at any given time, so the bounces just go to >> > /dev/null. >> >> Speaking on behalf of ISPs around the world, please don't do that. >> Take >> the time to figure it out and do it properly. Don't pollute the >> internet >> with more pointless emails. >> >> -Stut >> > > > > -- > Daniel P. Brown > [office] (570-) 587-7080 Ext. 272 > [mobile] (570-) 766-8107 > -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
