Send an Email via SMS

This is a demo of a sms2email integration created using a built-in keyword action of VisualGSM Enterprise Server.

How to use?

Send an SMS to +6591653870 using the following format:-

EMAIL (Email Address of recipient) (Email Message)

Note: "EMAIL" is caps insensitive, so "email" is also correct.

For example, to send an email to eric@visualtron.com, simply send:-
EMAIL eric@visualtron.com hi, i'll like to find out more about visualgsm.

The Recipient will receive a message like:-

IMPORTANT: Please note that the message will only be delivered provided the network our demo server uses, SingTel, can reach your network/phone.

Behind the scenes.

VisualGSM Enterprise handles in-coming SMS messages received from senders like yourself by matching the message 1st word with a keyword lookup table. For this case, the first word is "EMAIL". We have configured EMAIL to "invoke" an EMAIL response (See screencapture below).

(0) represents the type of action to take upon receiving KEYWORD "EMAIL" (as indicated in (1)). Notice it is a pull-down menu as there are other types of functions such as HTTP, SQL, TEXT, etc.

The message will be forwarded via email to {M1}. {M1} represents joshua@visualtron.com in the example mentioned above.

To explain, if the message is: EMAIL (Email Address of recipient) (Email Message),

Then {KEYWORD} = EMAIL, {M1} ="(Email Address of recipient)", and {M} ="(Email Address of recipient) (Email Message)" - refer to the red wordings in the screencapture below. (3) shows that the Subject is defined as {N}, which is the sender's mobile number. (4) contains the formating of the actual email message, which includes {M} and some instructions. (5) indicates the message to return to the sender if the operation is successful.
If the SMS Gateway operator has installed an Email2SMS gateway plug-in (See second DEMO), the recipient can reply to the email (email2sms@visualtron.com). The Email2SMS gateway is configured to poll from this pop3 account and forward the message to {N} - the sender's mobile.

So you may ask, isn't it troublesome to enter my colleague's email address each time i want to send him an SMS. One way to avoid that is to assign an KEYWORD to every colleague. For example, "ERIC" is assigned to eric@visualtron.com. Any SMS that comes in with the KEYWORD "ERIC" will be forwarded to eric@visualtron.com.