Richard makes some good points. Further to the original posting though, I have a friend who works with this SMS stuff, and out of interest asked him about it. Here is his (slightly scary) response, might be of some use ... His website is www.textit,biz -----Original Message----- From: Shaun M. Nixon Sent: 13 July 2007 09:17 To: Steve Perkins [mailto:sp@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Subject: FW: SMS questions Hi Steve Hope you're doing fine. It is possible. In short, you have seen how a SMS message is sent using a operators Name label i.e. the Messages says who it's from e.g. TEXT IT, but you are unable to reply because the Sender is 'Text it' and not a mobile number. Well in the same mechanism, you can send a mobile phone number as the Label. Thus allowing you to send someone a message as if it came from someone else. I guess this is what is being asked / wanted - spoofing a Mobile. It is illegal to do this without consent and you must audit / prove ownership / identity of the phone regarding the use / service (highly regulated) - it also carries great risk to the provider (e.g. 2 Million fine from ICTICS), hence most companies reluctance etc. I believe Skype have recently introduced this service (but it's expensive) if Brian wants to try it out. We can do the same if required, as too relay all reply messages via email / texts if needed. Kind Regards Shaun Nixon Principal Consultant W: www.textit.biz -----Original Message----- From: Steve Perkins [mailto:sp@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 13 July 2007 01:05 To: Shaun M. Nixon Subject: FW: SMS questions I saw this and I though of you Shaun. You have any answers ? Cheers -----Original Message----- From: Brian Dunning [mailto:brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 13 July 2007 00:40 To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: SMS questions 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 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
