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NowSMS NextGen Quick Setup: Mobile Operator MMSC

Step 1: Open a terminal session with the server and ensure that you are logged in with a user account that has root privileges available via sudo. Step 2: Download the NowSMS version that is appropriate for your environment by using one of the following commands: Standard Linux (Intel/AMD64 microprocessor): wget https://www.nowsms.com/download/linux/nowsms.tar.gz   ARM 64-bit...

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NowSMS NextGen: Multiple Servers for Scalability and Fault Tolerance

To help explain how NowSMS NextGen can support clustered servers for fault tolerance and scalability, we are reposting this thread from our support forum. Hi, Your release notes for NowSMS NextGen says: Clustered Servers – Multiple front-end servers can share their workload via a shared database, offering powerful new options for fault tolerant systems and scalability. And there is also a note...

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NowSMS NextGen for Linux (and Mac)

Now available as a beta release, NowSMS NextGen is the next generation platform of NowSMS, being released initially for Linux and macOS environments. NowSMS NextGen builds on the foundation of the existing NowSMS product. We reviewed every line of code and every configuration setting, no matter how well hidden. Anything that is possible with NowSMS is possible with NowSMS NextGen. Initially,...

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Selecting MMS Route when sending MMS

When submitting an MMS message, it is frequently desirable to direct the message to a specific connection. The method for doing this varies depending on the protocol being used to submit the MMS message. HTTP URL or POST Submission If you are submitting via HTTP (https://nowsms.com/doc/submitting-mms-messages/now-smsmms-proprietary-url-su bmission), you can specify an MMSCRoute=xxxx parameter,...

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Priority SMS Message Queue

NowSMS 2018 supports a priority queue for SMS messages. A user account attribute (under “SMS Users”) is use to indicate that all SMS messages submitted by this account should be processed before messages submitted by non-priority...

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Limit SMS Messages Sent Per Day, Hour, Minute, or Second

Especially useful for modem connections, NowSMS 2018 supports restrictions that can be used to limit the number of SMS messages sent over any individual SMS connection. These restrictions can be accessed from the “SMSC” page in the NowSMS configuration. Highlight an SMSC connection and press the “Restrictions” button. These settings are also available in the NowSMS Cloud...

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MMS Notifications: SMS Sender Address & SMPP Connection Choice

An interesting series of questions from our support mailbox: Hi Now SMS Technical Support, Hope you are all keeping well. Just had a question. Is there any way to define a sender ID for MMS where the leg out to the SMSC seems to have no Calling Party Address? Define a “Default Sender Address” under the properties for the SMSC connection. SMS messages that are generated for MMS...

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UCP to SMPP Converter / Proxy

We’ve had a few inquiries related to the UCP protocol recently. UCP is a legacy application to SMS protocol that was implemented by SMSCs from a company named CMG. (Bryce posted some background info on this over 12 years ago in response to questions in our support forum at https://support.nowsms.com/discus/messages/1/8150.html) UCP was never a widely adopted protocol, but for a period of...

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NowSMS Modem Android App – Installation

This document provides an overview of installation options for the NowSMS Modem App for Android. The NowSMS Modem App allows an Android phone to be used by a NowSMS server as a type of GSM modem.  This allows NowSMS to send and receive SMS and MMS messages through one or more Android phones. Detailed Quick Start Guides are available here. The NowSMS Modem App can be downloaded directly from...

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NowSMS Cloud – Quick Start Guide

The NowSMS Cloud Edition is a quick and efficient way to create SMS and/or MMS applications. As a hosted service, we provision a separate NowSMS server with a unique secure web address for each customer. An app is installed on one or more Android phones to connect the phone(s) to your NowSMS cloud server. All SMS and MMS messages sent or received by your cloud server are routed through your...

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NowSMS Spring 2017 Update

New releases of the Now SMS/MMS Gateway and NowSMS Lite are now available (Version 2017.04.07). Downloads are available at https://nowsms.com/download-free-trial. Customers with an active Maintenance Agreement can download the 30-day trial version to update a licensed installation. If you have questions about update eligibility or maintenance agreements, please contact us. Highlights of the new...

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Now SMS/MMS Android Modem – Quick Start Guide

This document is intended to provide a quick start for setting up the Now SMS/MMS Gateway to use an Android modem for sending and/or receiving SMS and/or MMS messages. The configuration steps are similar in NowSMS Editions, however there are separate Quick Start Guides available for NowSMS Lite and NowSMS Cloud Edition that contain instructions specific to those products. GSM Modems are a...

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NowSMS Lite Android Modem – Quick Start Guide

This document is intended to provide a quick start for setting up NowSMS Lite to use an Android modem for sending and/or receiving SMS and/or MMS messages. The configuration steps are similar in NowSMS Editions, however there are separate Quick Start Guides available for Now SMS/MMS Gateway and NowSMS Cloud Edition that contain instructions specific to those products. GSM Modems are a quick...

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MMSC Interconnection Protocol (MM4)

MM4 is an SMTP based protocol used to interconnect operator MMSCs. This presentation explores the MM4 protocol and MM4 deployment issues for an operator MMSC.

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Phone To MMSC Protocol (MM1)

MM1 is the over the air protocol used by a mobile phone to communicate with an MMSC. This presentation explores the MM1 protocol and MM1 deployment issues for an operator MMSC.

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MMS Protocol Overview

This presentation provides an overview of the various MMS protocols, as they relate to NowSMS MMSC: MM1, MM2, MM3, MM4, MM5, MM6, MM7, MM8, MM9, MM10, MM11, etc.

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NowSMS Spring 2016 Update

New releases of the Now SMS/MMS Gateway and NowSMS Lite are now available (Version 2016.03.28). Downloads are available at https://nowsms.com/download-free-trial. Customers with an active Maintenance Agreement can download the 30-day trial version to update a licensed installation. The primary enhancements in this release are performance improvements and a new web user interface. There are...

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NowSMS and Windows 10 Information

We have been testing NowSMS and NowSMS Lite with preview editions of Windows 10 for months. However, today’s release version of Windows 10 presents two issues that we did not encounter with the preview releases. For a new installation, NowSMS and NowSMS Lite 2014 and 2015 versions will both function correctly under Windows 10. There are no special considerations. Existing NowSMS...

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SSL/TLS – SHA-1 deprecation and SHA-256 Support

This post is for the information of any customers using SSL/TLS server functionality in NowSMS. The industry has deprecated the use of SHA-1 signed server certificates, in favor of a more secure algorithm known as SHA-256. SHA is a popular hashing algorithm used by the majority of SSL certificates. As computing power has increased the feasibility of breaking the SHA-1 hash has increased. Plans...

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Operator MMSC without a WAP Gateway (ICAP)

When implementing an MMSC for a mobile operator network, one of the most confusing concepts is how user authentication is usually performed in conjunction with a WAP Gateway. MMS uses the MM1 Protocol (OMA MMS Encapsulation) for transactions between a mobile device and the MMSC. This protocol does not define how the MMSC identifies and authenticates the subscriber when the MMS client on a mobile...

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