[ale] Still dealing with Nextel

[cfowler]

Who needs a stinkin client?.  SNPP, SMTP, and POP3 and what I would call
transaction based interfaces.  This makes SNPP that more awesome.  It
means you can interface with telnet, Java, Perl, or even C.

Basically in Java do this:

try {
 Socket s = new Socket("snpp.nextel.com", 443);
 BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(s.getInputStream());
 BufferedOutputStream bos = new
BufferedOutputStream(s.getOutputStream());

 // Know we have stream
 String s = bis.readLine();
 

 PAGE <Number>
 MESS <message>
 SEND
 QUIT

 // MAke sure after sending each command you get a 2XX respoinse back. 
Just check the first 3 bytes in the bis.readLine() and convert to an
integer.  Then you can check the the number against 2XX.

Example Page I just did to Nextel, your carrier


[cfowler at cfowler - CHROOT insmod]$ telnet snpp.nextel.com 444
Trying 170.206.252.7...
Connected to snpp.nextel.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 SNPP Gateway Ready
page 7705601050
250 Pager ID Accepted
MESS Call me
250 Message OK
SEND
250 Message Sent Successfully
QUIT
221 OK, Goodbye
Connection closed by foreign host.

With ease of use like that, who needs freshmeat to solve this one?


That simple.  



On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 12:25, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> 
> 
> Got a good linux client?
> 
> Thus spake cfowler (cfowler at outpostsentinel.com):
> 
> > SNPP
> > 
> > Nextel supports it!
> > 
> > On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 09:50, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > >   Ok, I'm still arguing with nextel about emailing to their messaging
> > > servers.  Talking to their techs is along the lines of explaining
> > > nuclear fusion t a chicken I've surmised.
> > > 
> > >   I'm trying to narrow down the argument here as much as possible.
> > > 
> > > The scenario:
> > >   From my office I can email to <phone>@messaging.nextel.com and get a
> > >     page within 2 mins
> > >   From my home (*.rdlg.net) any email to messaging.nextel.com times out
> > >     and is never deleivered.
> > > 
> > >   I've been told to email to paging.nextel.com instead, but see'ing as
> > >     it has the same MX servers there's not much difference.  Telnet to
> > >     port 25 on the MX connects from my office but not from home.  (At this
> > >     point I'm told they don't use telnet to send messages, they use an email
> > >     to SMS gateway...  BAWK!!!!)
> > > 
> > >   I've tested with my firewall completely dropped, no change in
> > >     behavior.
> > > 
> > > Anyone have any thoughts on this?  It's become one of those fights I
> > > just can't give up as it's now a matter of principle...
> > > 
> > > Robert
> > > 
> > > 
> > > :wq!
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Robert L. Harris                     | PGP Key ID: FC96D405
> > >                                
> > > DISCLAIMER:
> > >       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> > > FYI:
> > >  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> > > 
> > 
> > 
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> 
> 
> :wq!
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Robert L. Harris                     | PGP Key ID: FC96D405
>                                
> DISCLAIMER:
>       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> FYI:
>  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> 


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