[hobbit] SMS messages are too long

[Frank Flynn]

Ah - I thought that was only if you had a special SMS script (in the  
docs it is used with a special script - it doesn't say it has to be  
used that way it's just an example).  I'll use it that way.

Thanks,
Frank


On Oct 22, 2007, at 12:02 PM, Charles Jones wrote:

> Are you using "format=sms" ?  ie?
>
> HOST=somehost
> MAIL you at mobile.att.net format=sms
>
> I use cingular/att and when using SMS format hobbit alerts I only  
> get a subject and a single line of text, so I suspect you are  
> getting the full normal alerts, which can be quite lengthy,  
> especially for "proc"
>
> -Charles
>
> Frank Flynn wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> So I've got Hobbit all set up and working just fine.  Now when a  
>> server times out it will send email to my cell phone (a regular  
>> email to the phone number @ att.net).  But the text is too long  
>> for one SMS and because of the way ATT's gateway works I will get  
>> 3 messages on a RED and 6 when it goes GREEN.
>>
>> Is there a way to shorten the message for the phones?  Ideally I'd  
>> like the message to be short for the phone but long for true  
>> emails but I can live with everyone getting the short message.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>
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