Posted by hunmonk on March 28, 2009 at 10:45pm
i've had a couple modules running on some client sites (5.x)
here's what they do:
- handle incoming SMS messages via an email gateway
- create new drupal users (or log them in if they are already created) via an incoming SMS message
after some initial conversations with Will, we've decided that both of these features would do well to live in the SMS framework.
this is a brief post to simply let folks know that the work is now kicking off, and you can track the progress at the following issues:
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Eager to see more uses of this
We are so excited about the potential of various applications of the work Chad is doing. Right now, it enables viewers of our TV station in Denver to vote & comment on TV shows via a dynamically-generated email address that scrolls across the screen with each show, and the votes and comments are displayed on TV in real-time and also attached to the show "node".
http://denveropenmedia.org
Whatever your first issue of concern, media had better be your second, because without change in the media, the chances of progress in your primary area are far less likely. http://denveropenmedia.org
Just to clarify
It's only the "SMS gateway" that is being rolled into the SMS Framework. The code that converts the SMS messages from the newly created user into a vote will likely get rolled into om_show or another Open Media related module.
one further clarification
technically, it's not only the incoming email gateway, but also the user registration functionality that's getting rolled in. both are nice features that belong in the SMS framework.
work complete
http://drupal.org/node/326052 and http://drupal.org/node/416974 have now been completed. we'll be deploying this code on http://denveropenmedia.org sometime in the very near future.
feedback from other folks using this code wouldl be great!
We've developed similar
We've developed similar functionality for a project called VozMob, and I'd like to figure out where on cvs.drupal.org we should contribute the code. It creates users and receives incoming SMS messages via email gateway, but we're using mailhandler module so that we have access to attached files and can in effect process incoming MMS messages.
The code has dependencies on mailhandler, mailsave, and smsframework. If there's interest in making it part of smsframework we could add it there. Or I could create a new project on drupal.org to host it.
Hi mfb, Sounds awesome. I
Hi mfb,
Sounds awesome. I think it would be best to host this functionality in a separate project, because it seems like the rest of the project is starting to move very fast and I won't have the bandwidth to maintain it. I'd love you to contribute it as a separate package. Glad to hear your using the framework!
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Will White
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Will White
Duplication?
Wouldn't this be somewhat bad duplication? I guess it would require a fine tooth comb to go through and integrate it with the current module, but maybe that is the best way.
I you are looking for somewhere to host it, I could help you out, I have a few spare Gigabytes of bandwidth :-)
The code is just a small
The code is just a small module that uses hook_mailhandler() to process an incoming e-mail message as an incoming SMS/MMS message. I am not yet sure what I'll name the module on cvs.drupal.org, maybe something like "sms_email_gateway_mailhandler_incoming.module".