Re: originating number for a sent sms..

[Marco Manyevere]

The answer I saw to a similar question was that it is possible only if your
network operator allows it through the short message service centre. For
security reasons I think it would be _bad_ if subscribers are allowed to
fake the origin of their messages ;)

> I asked the exact same question a couple of weeks back and received no
reply
> either... I'm guessing it's safe to assume that either a.) nobody knows or
> b.) just doesn't want to tell us for 'security' reasons... I could be
wrong
> though *grin*
>
> Warmest regards,
> D.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ivan Price" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 1:53 PM
> Subject: originating number for a sent sms..
>
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > Someone (Darren Chew) has asked this in the archives but not received a
> > response so I thought I'd try again.. Darren if you got an off-list
reply
> > could you send it to me?
> >
> > Does anyone know how to set the name of the sender when sending an SMS
so
> > that it comes up as text even if the sender's name is not stored in the
> > receiver's phone ? I've seen it done by Telstra (Australia) and the web
> sms
> > people around the place, eg BlueSkyFrog.
> >
> > Thanks in advance and keep up the excellent development..
> >
> > -ivan
> > address@hidden
> >
> >
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