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SMS

The SMS / Pager account is an alias that is designed to convert a message into a suitable format for SMS delivery. In essence this usually means chopping the message into SMS chunks and stripping off attachments.

Alias

Specifies the alias for the SMS

Description

Some descriptive text.

Forward To

Specifies an email address that the message will be forwarded to.

SMS To

Specifies the email address of the SMS gateway that the formatted message will be sent to.

Max Size

This specifies the maximum number of characters that can be accepted in a single SMS. This is specific to the telecoms provider.

Count

This specifies that if the message is larger than "Max Size" how many chunks it is allowed to be split into. A count of 1 and a Max Size of 128 means that only the first 128 characters of a message will be sent. A count of 2 means that the first 256 characters of the message will be split into 2 separate messages and forwarded onto the SMS gateway.

Skip attachment

If the message is received with an attachment, then the attachment is dropped and only the text of the message is sent.

Into Subject

The text will be placed into the subject of the forwarded SMS.

To

Specifies that the recipient field is placed into the SMS.

From

Specifies that the sender field is placed into the SMS.

Subject

Specifies that the subject field is placed into the SMS.

Body

Specifies that the body text is placed into the SMS.

Date / Time

Specifies that the date and time is placed into the SMS.

All

All messages are to be sent, No

None

No messages will be sent

Filter

Messages will be sent according to the filters specified.

Send

If this is checked and the filter validates the message it will be sent. If it is checked and the filter is invalid the message will not be sent. If this is unchecked and the filter validates the message it will not be sent. If it is unchecked and the filter is invalid the message will be sent.

Sender of the message is the originator

This is an advanced SMTP option. When connecting to an SMTP server the MAIL FROM <sender> command is issued. If the <sender> is blank some email servers reject the message. This option always ensures that the sender is never blank.