RE: split sms

send different messages :-)
AFAIK, the sms spliting should result in concatenated messagse, and on a
proper handset that would result in a single message being read on the
mobile. 
generally, read GSM 03.38 to see which characters should be escaped (or
read charset.c ;-)

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Oded Arbel
m-Wise Inc.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Juliano [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 2:22 AM
> To: Oded Arbel
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: split sms
> 
> 
> What are these special characters that needs to be escaped? And how
> would I determine if the message if 8 or 7 bit encoded?  
> 
> I am sending pure text messages only.  The reason why i want the sms
> split up 160 characters per message is that I place 1/3 on the first 3
> charcters, then 2/3 on characters 161 to 163, and 3/3 on 
> characters 321
> to 323.  When the user receives the message separately, he'll see the
> x/3 at the start of every message.  Anybody have an idea on how to
> correctly implement this?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Oded Arbel wrote:
> > 
> > My guess is that it would attempt to send 160 character in 
> each message
> > until there will remain less then 160 messages to sent, in 
> which case it
> > will send them all in one message (shorter then 160 
> characters). also
> > note that the size of the messages is dependant on the 
> encoding - for
> > example, with some SMSCs 8 bit encoded messages can only have 140
> > characters in them. also with 7 bit encoded messages, some 
> characters
> > will have to be "escaped" causing each "special character" 
> to consume
> > two septets, thereby cause a message with one such special 
> character to
> > have the maximum size of 159 characters, with two such special
> > characters the max size will be 158 and so on.
> > 
> > --
> > Oded Arbel
> > m-Wise Inc.
> > [email protected]
> > 
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> intelligent people
> > and the affection of children;
> > to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the 
> betrayal of
> > false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to
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> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Paul Juliano [mailto:[email protected]]
> > > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 11:50 AM
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: split sms
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > How does smsbox split a message? I have this URL that returns
> > > a maximum
> > > of 480 characters.  I also set the max-messages in 
> kannel.conf to 3.
> > > When smsbox receives the result from my URL, I would assume
> > > that it will
> > > split the result equally.  Thus, the result would be 3 
> messages with
> > > each containing 160 characters.  However, this doesn't happen
> > > everytime.  Sometimes, it's divided equally, sometimes it's not.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
>