Kannel - efficiency & bulk sms support

Question

These are the things I want know.

1.Is there a way to send bulk messages using kannel?

2.We can use fakesmsc in the following way, but it sends the same sms to same number, multiple times

fakesmsc -r port -i interval -m count "from to text your message"

Is there a way to send same sms using fakesmsc with different recipient numbers? For eg, using a file with recipient numbers

fakesmsc -r 13010 -i 0.1 -m 100 "66456 /root/recipient.number.list text test message"

3.Is there a way to send sms using cgi-bin url with a time interval? for ex, like this url, is there a parameter like interval that we can say the interval?

cgi-bin/sendsms?from=66456&to=111+222+333+444+555&text=message&interval=0.1

4.Is there any other way to do this

5.What is the maximum incoming rate and outgoing rate (msg/sec) in Kannel?

Thank you!

Answer 1

Is there a way to send bulk messages using kannel?

Yes. You can use mtbatch command line utility from Kannel package. Just run mtbatch without arguments to see help message.

Is there a way to send same sms using fakesmsc with different recipient numbers?

Yes. It is possible to randomize messages in fakesmsc (see -z parameter description in fakesmsc -h output).

Example from fakesmsc -h output:

fakesmsc -z 7 -m 1000 "123<rand> 345<rand> text nop <rand>

Is there a way to send sms using cgi-bin url with a time interval?

No. You only can limit throughput on certain SMSC connection.

Is there any other way to do this?

Yes. You can use external software that will handle outgoing bandwidth. For example you can use mtbatch -d seconds to send messages with proper rate.

What is the maximum incoming rate and outgoing rate (msg/sec) in Kannel?

It depends on too many factors (hardware, networking, used protocols, configuration).

In practice I have reached 2,500 msg/sec rate on SMPP connection.