Inbound SMS
The following schematic shows how an inbound SMS message is converted to an email and directed to the appropriate recipient.
From any ETSI compliant GSM device compose the message and send it to the number of the gateway.
For each user of SMS Gateway for MDaemon, the system administrator can configure a nickname.
Each nicknames must be unique, in order to unambiguously identify the user. One user will also be configured as the "default recipient"
When a SMS comes in. SMS Gateway for MDaemon opens it and checks if it begins with one of the available nicknames.
If a match is found, the body of the SMS message is sent to the email address of the relative user.
The user receiving this message will have the option to reply to it: the reply will be delivered (as SMS message) to the original sender of the SMS.
If no match to a nickname is found, the SMS message is delivered to the user configured to be the default recipient.