Re: Message length limit

Hi,

it should be possible in bearerbox and in smsbox but smsbox will need to be modified.

In bearerbox you have to use max-sms-octets config variable to set maximum length for SMSC module/connection.

Btw. SMPP allow message up to 64K using message_payload...

Thanks,
Alex

Am 30.10.2010 um 17:53 schrieb Luca Corti:

> On Sat, 2010-10-30 at 18:16 +0300, Nikos Balkanas wrote:
>> No, you cannot do that, it is in a violation of the SMS spec. After all SMS 
>> stands for "Short Messaging System". If you want to create an SMSc just for 
>> you, be my guest, but it won't be able to handle any other traffic other 
>> than yours.
> 
> As I clearly stated, I'd like to *abuse* kannel. Obviously, these are
> not SMS messages, since they do not adhere to the SMS specs, but they
> share enough common traits with SMS messages that the only limitation I
> see is the message length.
> 
> I know implementing my own protocol/driver will not allow me to route
> such messages through standard SMSCs. I asked if the kannel internal
> architecture allows larger messages larger to flow through kannel
> (smsbox, bearerbox) and be delivered to a driver which talks
> non-standard protocols to non-standard SMSCs.
> 
> If my understanding of how kannel works is correct, this is the flow of
> a message submitted through sendsms and terminated via a driver to an
> SMSc:
> 
> HTTP -> sendsms -> smsbox -> bearerbox -> smsc driver
> 
> Are there internal data formats or validity checks in place which
> explicitly forbid this?
> 
> I realize I'm trying to bend kannel to my needs, I'd just like to know
> if this is theoretically possible before considering the possibility of
> implementing an smsc driver.
> 
> I'm currently looking at the code, but I thought this is a question
> kannel developers may be able to quickly respond to.
> 
> thanks for your feedback
> 
> Luca
> 
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