Send SMS messages to/from server

[DilipK]

I want to create an SMS based application. The Pocket PC or Windows
Mobile client sends an SMS message to the server (using built-in UI).
My application on the server captures the message; parses it; composes
the reply; and sends the reply back to the device in the SMS format.
How can I accomplish this? I don't have a clue as to where to start. I
couldn't find any information on MSDN either.

Thanks.

 

[Peter Foot [MVP]]

To do this you'll need to sign up to a service which will give you your own
SMS short code, this will use a web service or equivalent to allow you to
check for (or receive notification of) the incoming messages. Who you use
for this will depend on your location, in the UK we have used www.2sms.com.

The only other way is to have another phone device set aside for the server,
you could then control it either via a serial cable using GSM AT commands or
if it's another windows mobile device write some software on the device and
control it via RAPI on your server machine.

Peter