Open Source Freeware E-mail to S.M.S Alert System: Development of software for e-mail to short message for mobile platform

Iyaniwura, Olatunde

ISBN 10: 365926525X / ISBN 13: 9783659265259

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Open Source Freeware E-mail to S.M.S Alert System: Development of software for e-mail to short message for mobile platform
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 365926525X
• ISBN 13: 9783659265259
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

The present method of sending E-mail to SMS using available software does not allow for flexibility. The proprietary software is not made available to the subscriber. The subscribers are always at the mercy of developers who had tailored their software to their taste. The open freeware is available to everybody who is interested in tailoring it to suit his/her purpose. New functionalities can be added at will as to enable you improve on the present available functionalities. What you purchase is the bulk SMS. GSM modem with in-built SIM card that works with a GSM wireless network was acquired. A website was created and registration with the SMS gateway through which the E-mail to SMS will pass through was developed. The bulk SMS was purchased from this gateway developer. Database used to store the records of the staff. HTTP is made use of as middleware. As E-mail is being brought by SMTP server, it is received by POP3/ IMAP for onward transmission to the MAIL-BOX. The software automatically receives the mail; compare the E-mail address in the database. This book is good for undergraduates of computer science, internet/mobile phone providers and software developers in Network

About the Author

Olatunde Iyaniwura, is on the faculty at the Department of Computer and Information System, Achievers University, Owo, Nigeria. He holds a B.Sc in Computer Science from University of Lagos, a master of science degree in Computer Science and master of Business Administration, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Presently, a PhD student of the university