GFI FAXmaker for Exchange/SMTP Manual The SMS gateway • 145
1. The recipient's mobile is associated with the sender and a default
expiry date of 5 hours is given to the association. The association will
not expire if the mobile number is only assigned to one sender. Any
received SMS messages from the associated mobile number will be
routed to the original sender.
2. In the case where a second person sends an SMS message to an
already associated mobile number, the system makes a second
association to this sender based on the same rules. Any received
SMS messages from the associated number will be routed to both
senders. Exception: If the other associations of the same mobile
number are expired, the expired associations will be removed from the
associations’ database and the SMS is sent only to the most recent
sender.
3. For multiple associations, the system makes frequent checks for the
older-but-not-yet-expired associations, in which case, if expired, they
will be removed and only the latest association is kept.
NOTE: The association will be renewed (including expiry time) for
every SMS message a sender sends to the same mobile number.
Configuring SMS archiving
Please refer to the 'Archiving directly to a database' section of the
‘Configuring fax archiving' chapter for more information on how to set
up database archiving.
NOTE: All inbound and outbound SMS messages are archived in the
same database (different tables) as the fax archives when database
archiving is enabled.
SMS log files
To control SMS usage, GFI FAXmaker includes SMS log files which
show you when, where and what was sent via the SMS gateway. The
SMS log files are located in the server directory along with the fax log
files. The log files are called 'sms_sent.log' and 'sms_recv.log' for
sending and receiving respectively.
The log files are in CSV format as follows:
Date,Time,Sender,Recipient,Status,Message,Details
For example:
"4/29/2003","17:13:34","joebloggs@gfi.com","+4490092239","Success
","SMS: Hello SMS World!","Success". SMS posted to destination."
Sending an SMS
Directly from Outlook
To send an SMS from Microsoft Outlook, simply send the mail to
<number>@smsmaker.com
NOTE: Remove your email signature! Otherwise the email
signature will be included with your SMS message!
