Send and receive SMS message from Outlook Express
This installation guide will provide you
detailed information on how to send and receive SMS messages in Outlook Express.
You will find step by step instructions, helpful video tutorials and
screenshots which will help you configure your system. Please follow this guide!
SMS functionality helps you improve your corporate communication.
With a stable SMS gateway software you can easily setup an SMS system in your
corporate IT environment and realize a two-way E-mail-SMS gateway system.
With Ozeki NG SMS Gateway you can add SMS functionality to Outlook Express to
increase effectiveness. With this function you will be able to send and receive
SMS messages in your corporate IT system. In practice it means that you can
forward your incoming or your composed e-mail messages to mobile phones with
the help of Ozeki NG SMS Gateway from Outlook Express. It is also possible to
receive SMS messages in Outlook Express as e-mail messages. A text message needs
to be composed on a mobile phone and it will be received as an e-mail message
in your system.
If you decide to implement this solution in your corporate IT environment, you
can make corporate communication more effective and even more comfortable. You
can receive your important e-mail messages or e-mail notifications on your mobile
phone. In this way you will be available even if you are on the move. As a quick
reply is also possible, important matters can be easily solved in the right
time. With the help of this function you can keep in contact with colleagues,
employees, partners and customers. Moreover, SMS technology makes it possible to
increase the functions of your Outlook Express application to operate more
properly.
Prerequisites
In order to setup this solution you need to find a way
to connect your system to the mobile network. You can do this
by using an Internet connection or you can
setup a wireless connection by attaching a GSM phone/GSM modem to your computer. To help you make a
decision, we have prepared a webpage for you:
Internet based SMS connections vs. GSM modem based (wireless) SMS connections.
Depending
on what you select, you need the following prerequisites.
Prerequisites for Internet based connection to the Mobile network
If you wish to connect your system to an SMS service
provider over the Internet you need the following components:
Figure 1/a - Prerequisites for Ozeki NG SMS
Gateway IP SMS connection
In this case you need to find an SMS service
provider who can reach the mobile phones in your area. This SMS
service provider should be able to provide SMS service through
the Internet. To find such a provider, you can check our
website where we list some of them:
SMPP SMS Service providers.
Once you have found such a provider, you need to sign up for
their service to get the connection parameters. You can use these parameters
to configure your Ozeki NG SMS Gateway software.
Prerequisites for wireless (GSM modem) connection to the Mobile network
If you wish to connect your system to the mobile
network wirelessly, you need a GSM modem or GSM phone, that you
can attach to your computer with a data cable. In this case your Ozeki
NG SMS Gateway software will operate this phone and will send and receive
SMS messages wirelessly. To setup this connection method, you need the following
components:
Figure 1/b - Prerequisites for Ozeki NG SMS
Gateway GSM modem connection
Your checklist (for GSM modem connection):
*The SIM card will come with a plan, that will
determine how much money you will spend on each SMS.
System architecture
If you meet all the above mentioned requirements you can
start to build your SMS system that will operate as follows: First you need to
specify the address of the recipient in Outlook Express. Your composed e-mail
message then will be forwarded with the help of SMTP protocol to the SMTP server
of Ozeki NG SMS Gateway. The gateway will process it and sends an SMS message
with the subject and the body of your e-mail up to 160 characters. It is also
possible to receive SMS from mobile phones to Outlook Express. In this case the
text message is received in the admin's inbox in Ozeki NG SMS Gateway. With its
built-in POP3 server, the SMS gateway will forward this text message to your
mail client. The body of the SMS message will be received as an e-mail message.
This process can be examined in Figure 2.
Figure 2 - Ozeki NG SMS Gateway - solution
for how to send SMS from Outlook Express
Please note that Ozeki NG SMS Gateway needs to be connected to
the mobile network to forward messages. You can ensure this connection with the
use of a GSM modem attached to your computer with a data cable. You can increase
the capacity of your system if you attach more than one modem at the same time.
The other possibility is if you connect directly to the SMS center of your
mobile service provider over the Internet. With this connection you can achieve
higher capacity. Please also note that we recommend you to start building your
system with GSM modem connection, as it is more reliable, and if it is required
you can still switch to IP SMS connectivity.
Installation guide
To install and configure Ozeki's solution for Outlook Express,
please follow the steps below and watch the video tutorial.
First you need to start Ozeki NG SMS Gateway. Login with your
username and password (Figure 3).
Figure 3 - Start Ozeki NG SMS Gateway
Click on "Server preferences" in the "Edit" menu (Figure 4).
Figure 4 - Server preferences
Click on "Client connectivity" tab (Figure 5).
Figure 5 - Client connectivity
Enable the built-in SMTP and POP3 servers (Figure 6).
Figure 6 - Enable servers
Now start Outlook Express (Figure 7).
Figure 7 - Start Outlook Express
Next you need to enter your name. In our example it is "Example
name". Click on "Next" (Figure 8).
Figure 8 - Provide a name
Then provide your e-mail address and click on "Next" (Figure 9).
Figure 9 - Provide e-mail address
In the next window you need to provide the IP addresses of POP3
and SMTP servers. AS Ozeki NG SMS Gateway has been installed on my local
computer both IP addresses will be (Figure 10):
Figure 10 - Provide IP addresses
Then you need to type in your account name and password that
your
Internet service provider has given you. I am using the default "admin"
username and its default "abc123" password. Click on "Next" (Figure 11).
Figure 11 - Provide your account name
Finally click on "Finish".
Now click on "Create Mail" to create new e-mail in Outlook
Express (Figure 12).
Figure 12 - Create e-mail
Provide a recipient phone number (To), type a subject, and
compose the body of your message. If it is done click on "Send" (Figure 13).
Figure 13 - Send e-mail
If you take a look at Ozeki NG SMS Gateway's "Sent" message
folder you will see the sent message (Figure 14).
Figure 14 - Sent message in Ozeki NG SMS
Gateway
Now I will create an incoming message via SMPP connection. If
you take a look at Outlook Express for incoming e-mails you will see the received
message (Figure 15).
Figure 15 - Received message
Thank you for reading this guide!
If you wish to implement this solution in your
corporate IT system, please go to the download page to download Ozeki NG SMS
Gateway.
FAQ
Feature list of Ozeki NG SMS Gateway
User Guide for Ozeki NG SMS Gateway
Product manual
| 
