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Most carriers support an email-to-SMS system as a free, public service and PageGate supports the ability to send SMTP/Email messages. We try to keep an up to date listing of known carrier domains on our support site.
However, due to the nature of email delivery, this method can be somewhat unreliable and delayed. While this is a viable method of SMS delivery, we don't recommend using it as the primary method due to the potential delays and missed messages inherent to it.
PageGate has the ability to send SMTP/Email messages in one of two ways: •Direct Direct delivery configures PageGate to use its own mail server engine to directly negotiate with the outside world.
To configure this method of delivery, you will need to open port 25 and add the public IP address of your PageGate server to the SPF record for your email domain.
•Relayed Relayed delivery configures PageGate to pass all of its traffic through an SMTP server.
To configure this method of delivery, you will need to know your SMTP server address, port to connect on and required authentication credentials.
Technically, direct delivery is more efficient and reliable because it removes at least one hop in the delivery sequence and also means that PageGate isn't reliant on another mail server for delivery. However, when you use direct delivery for SMTP/Email, you'll need abide by all of the rules required of a mail server because the program will be functioning as a mail server to deliver SMTP/Email on behalf of your email domain.
Due to some of the complications involved in configuring PageGate for direct delivery, it may be more practical to configure PageGate to relay its SMTP/Email traffic through your SMTP/Email server. However, doing so makes PageGate reliant on that mail server for message delivery.
Step 1: Configure the Carrier as a delivery method 1)Run PG Admin.
2)Right click Carriers, select Add
3)Specify the following and click Apply:
EXAMPLES:
4)Go to Carriers - YourNewCarrier - Advanced 5)Specify the following:
6)Click Apply 7)Go to Carriers - YourNewCarrier - Template 8)Specify the following in the 'Settings' section:
9)Click Apply.
Step 2: Create Recipients tied to the Carrier 1) Right click Recipients, select Add. 2)Specify the following:
3)Click Apply. |