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SMS messages are too long

list Frank Flynn
Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:56:13 -0700
Message-Id: <user-5429f67be9e3@xymon.invalid>

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 user-4fd5a8861f4c@xymon.invalid 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?