The Now SMS – E-Mail Gateway accepts SMTP (internet) messages, and routes those messages to SMS recipients (e-mail address format is phonenumber@domain).

The gateway allows SMS users to send internet messages in two ways, either as a reply to a message received via the gateway, or as a new message. To send a new message from SMS to an internet e-mail recipient, the beginning text of the SMS message must be an e-mail address to receive the message. SMS replies to e-mail messages are supported in one of two different methods, depending on the configuration of the gateway:

• If 20 or more phone numbers (or shortcut codes) are allocated to the gateway, each time the gateway routes a message to an SMS recipient, a different sender phone number is used. When the user replies, based on the phone number they reply to, the message is routed to the appropriate internet e-mail address that generated the message being replied to. (To avoid potential confusion, we recommend allocating a higher number of phone numbers to the gateway.)
  
  
• If only a single phone number is allocated to the gateway, then a code number is included with each message routed to an SMS recipient via the gateway. When a user replies to a message, they must include this code number as the first text of the SMS reply.

The Now SMS E-Mail Gateway requires an SMPP (Short Message Peer-to-Peer Protocol) connection to an SMSC (Short Message Service Center), with the capability to send and receive messages. An additional product, the Now SMS/MMS Gateway can act as an SMPP server, allowing the E-Mail Gateway to be used in conjunction with GSM modems or other types of SMSCs.

For additional information on the Now SMS E-Mail Gateway, follow the links below to view the product help file, or download a 30-day evaluation copy of the gateway:

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