On Thu, July 12, 2007 6:39 pm, Brian Dunning wrote: > Hi all - I've been looking at a number of the commercial service > providers for bulk SMS messaging, most of whom have PHP APIs. But > since they are selling something they don't answer my question.... > > Is there any (legal, legitimate) way to send an SMS message that can > be replied to the desired SMS cell number? Like, if I use PHP to send > an SMS to Bob, can I make it appear to come from Jim's cell phone so > that Bob can reply directly to Jim normally? The services all require > Jim to log into their web site to read any replies. Almost for sure no. The SMS carriers are taking their lessons from email spam and pretty much won't let you do anything even remotely like that hinky. Plus, their only customers are mostly, umm, errr, ring tones and fortune-tellers, so they have more than enough problems already with disputed billing from their clients' customers. Hmmm. I'm probably conflating "SMS short code provisioning" with more general short code services, as I only worked on a short code application... But I'm betting you can't forge the caller phone number even in "regular" messaging. Just too much room for abuse there. Good Luck! -- 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
