Specifications

GFI FAXmaker 14 for Exchange/Lotus/SMTP
Sending and receiving SMS
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Sending and receiving SMS
Introduction to the SMS gateway
FAXmaker includes an e
-
mail to SMS gateway,
enabling
users to
send SM
S messages.
What is SMS?
The Short Message Service (SMS)
, also referred to as texting
is the
ability to send and receive text messages to and from mobile
telephones. The text can comprise of words or numbers or an
alphanumeric combination. SMS was created
as part of the GSM
Phase 1 standard. Each short message is up to 160 characters i
n
length when Latin alphabets are used, and 70 characters in length
when non
-
Latin alphabets such as Arabic and Chinese are used.
Why use an SMS gateway?
SMS messages can be
sent from any GSM mobile phone, as well as
from several
I
nternet based service providers.
U
sing a central
company SMS gateway
however
has many advantages:
Sending messages from Outlook is much faster th
a
n from
a
mobile
phone.
Sending messages from
a
compu
ter allows you to use the
O
utlook
contacts list.
Sending messages
from a computer
allows you to keep a copy of
SMS messages sent.
A web based SMS provider means additional administration costs
and
also
means
that
users will have to login to the service wit
h
their user account.
These are a
dditional steps for the user and
additional administration for the administrator.
If you don’t have a company mobile, the user would have to pay
for SMS messages sent privately.
Sending an SMS using the FAXmaker SMS form
T
o send an SMS, use the FAXmaker Send SMS Message Form
. This
form gives you the option of selecting the SMS recipient from your
Outlook contacts list. You have to ensure that the recipients mobile
field is filled in.