How can I have the AS400 send a text message to a phone number?

[bobc_00001]

Yes, many carriers (maybe all, I don't know), provide an email address for each phone number that you can send a message to, but many people don't know what the address would be for their phone, so I'm wondering if there is some way to send it to the phone regardless of carrier? I admit that I don't really know how phone text messages work...

If not:
TXT Message Carrier - with select of ones where I know how to construct the email address
TXT Message Phone Number
TXT Message Email Address - if I had all the info needed I could construct it, or let them key it in, but then only people that know the address could use it

Just thinking aloud....

Any ideas?

[DAG0000]

Re: How can I have the AS400 send a text message to a phone number?

Bob, you need to know the which carrier the number is for in order to create the correct address to send it to. All of the carriers are different so you would have to know what the mobile number is for the person and the correct domain for that mobile number's carrier. I know the below listing for Verizon is accurate.

Examples:
AT&T: number@txt.att.net
T-Mobile: number@tmomail.net
Verizon: number@vtext.com
Sprint: number@messaging.sprintpcs.com or number@pm.sprint.com
Virgin Mobile: number@vmobl.com
Tracfone: number@mmst5.tracfone.com
Metro PCS: number@mymetropcs.com
Boost Mobile: number@myboostmobile.com
Cricket: number@sms.mycricket.com
Nextel: number@messaging.nextel.com
Alltel: number@message.alltel.com
Ptel: number@ptel.com
Suncom: number@tms.suncom.com
Qwest: number@qwestmp.com
U.S. Cellular: number@email.uscc.net

[jj_dahlheimer]

Re: How can I have the AS400 send a text message to a phone number?

You can also use a service that has an API, this is just the first one I spotted. https://www.twilio.com/sms

[Terry Wincheste]

Re: How can I have the AS400 send a text message to a phone number?

DAG0000...that was an interesting bit of information.

After sending the wife a message via mail it seems that the Subject line didn't come thru but the long confidentiality paragraph that we insert at the end of the body did make it

Thanks for the heads up about this...I may find a need for this in the future.

Terry

[NYCountryGal]

Re: How can I have the AS400 send a text message to a phone number?

Think along the lines of Help Desk functionality. At my last long term employer - we set up a system to monitor for MSGW status on our iSeries. Whenever it found such a condition it called the associated on-call programmer and sent a test message identifying an issue on the system (after hours 5 PM to 8 AM). Saved us A LOT of headaches... much thanks to DeadManWalks for setting that up. At my new employer - I am looking to set up the same monitoring system - once I go permanent hire in December

[bobc_00001]

Re: How can I have the AS400 send a text message to a phone number?

Think along the lines of Help Desk functionality. At my last long term employer - we set up a system to monitor for MSGW status on our iSeries. Whenever it found such a condition it called the associated on-call programmer and sent a test message identifying an issue on the system (after hours 5 PM to 8 AM). Saved us A LOT of headaches... much thanks to DeadManWalks for setting that up. At my new employer - I am looking to set up the same monitoring system - once I go permanent hire in December

Sounds like a real good idea... If I get this job I'll have to handle some of the support, so I could probably use something liker that, too.

What did you use to monitor for the messages? Was this based on some code I could find somewhere?

Thanks

[bobc_00001]

Re: How can I have the AS400 send a text message to a phone number?

Thanks, and that sounds like a great idea. I thought I put in a reply saying so a few days ago, but my replies are moderated, so don't necessarily get approved, and if they do, they don't show up for a day or two.

[_josh34221_]

Re: How can I have the AS400 send a text message to a phone number?

This was a great find! thank you for sharing.

Has anyone been able to successfully send a SMS from the iSeries with an attachment (like a PDF) as well?