It's annoying as crap to work with them. But if they were not so vigilant and picuyane, you know what we'd have? A zillion spam phone messages ringing your cell day and night from all kinds of idiots. Do you really want that? I sure don't. Give them at least some credit for trying to be responsible, even if it does stifle lot of potentially useful applications. I'd give a lot of money to be able to teleport back in time and yell at the email designer folks to tell them just how horrible a mess they were making... :-) On Thu, July 12, 2007 6:56 pm, Nathan Nobbe wrote: > Brian, > > I was experimenting late last year using PHP to send SMS messages. I > think > there is a > lot of potential in the marketplace around SMS. But most of the phone > companies wouldnt > even talk to me and all i was trying to do was hit a development API > to test > some code out. > im almost certain you will have to go through a provider if you intend > to > have messages source # > based upon a value you provide rather than a phone you own. > i have already grown a deep hatred for telcos due to this exclusive > club > thing they have going. > i will focus all my energy on any opportunity that arises to thwart > them. > good luck, > > -nathan > > On 7/12/07, Brian Dunning <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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. >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > -- 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
