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The SMS specification allows for delivery reports. These are requested
using the srr bit. However, as these do not work in the UK yet they
are not fully implemented in this application. If anyone has a telco
that does implement these, please let me know. BT in the UK have a non
standard way to do this by starting the message with *0#, and so this
application may have a UK specific bodge in the near future to handle
these.
The main changes that are proposed for delivery report handling are :
- New queues for sent messages, one file for each destination
address and message reference.
- New field in message format, user reference, allowing applications
to tie up their original message with a report.
- Handling of the delivery confirmation/rejection and connecting to
the outgoing message - the received message file would then have
fields for the original outgoing message and user reference
allowing applications to handle confirmations better.
2010-10-19