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    Bug 9021 - Add SMS via email as an alternative to SMS services via SMS::Send drivers · 00c89d91
    Kyle M Hall authored
    
    
    Nearly all cellular providers allow a person to send an text message to a cellular
    phone by sending an email to phonenumber@provider. We can leverage this capability
    to add the ability for Koha to send sms messages to patrons without the need to
    subscribe to an sms gateway server.
    
    Basic plan:
    1. Add a table sms_providers to the db to tell Koha what service providers are available, and what domain emails should be sent to.
    2. Add borrowers.sms_provider_id to tell Koha which mobile service the patron subscribes to for the number given in smsalertnumber
    3. Modify Koha to send an email rather than using SMS::Send if the driver is set to 'Email'
    
    Test plan:
    0) Get a mobile phone
    1) Apply the patch
    2) Run updatedatabase.pl
    3) Set the value of SMSSendDriver to 'Email'
    4) Go to the admin page, the "Additional parameters" area should now have the link "SMS cellular providers"
    5) On this page, add some providers. Make sure to add the provider for your own cellular phone service.
    
    Here are some examples:
    Sprint   phonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com
    Verizon  phonenumber@vtext.com
    T-Mobile phonenumber@tmomail.net
    AT&T     phonenumber@txt.att.net
    
    Only add the domain part in the 'domain' field. So for Verizon, that would be 'vtext.com'
    
    6) Create an account for yourself, add your SMS number, and select your provider from the dropdown box directly below it.
    
    7) Enable SMS messaging for Item check-in and Item checkout
    8) Check out an item to yourself
    9) Run process_message_queue.pl
    10) Wait! You should receive a text message shortly, when I tested it, I received my sms message within the minute.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMark Tompsett <mtompset@hotmail.com>
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMark Tompsett <mtompset@hotmail.com>
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@bugs.koha-community.org>
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarKyle M Hall <kyle@bywatersolutions.com>
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