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anyone else get the Spam from SMSPulse ?


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Now this might sounds like a nasty product slam but I have never used it. I just read the website since they were a Domino solution, and was already in a sarcastic mood due to the spam portion. This happened to be one of the few that snuck through SpamJam (and it has been working great)

The funny thing is about the email is they used an address that only shows on the IBM Partner site. That is why we have it there, so we know where the mail comes from. Of course they state that I am receiving the mail because I requested it. Call me silly (well most of you do, but I have no idea who they are.

Message-ID: Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 18:14:32 +0100 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on Web1/PCS(Release 6.0.2CF1|June 9, 2003) at 14/07/2003 18:17:56, Serialize complete at 14/07/2003 18:17:56

After reviewing the product, I am not sure why I would pick it since I have to buy 'credits' from them? From their website:

How does it work? smsPULSE works like this:
1. Reads message data from a database
2. Sends the messages to the SMS network via our SMS centre over the Internet
3. Responds back on any issues with message delivery.

Now let me get this right.....create something in a database, let an agent run, send it to their network over the Internet and then let it respond back over the Internet. What happened to sending a SMS text page to a device and letting you know if you get a delivery failure?
But I digress...they run a Domino add-in task (one more thing to worry about), alerts you when your credit with them for sending SMS is running low (once again free email instead). It did offer bulk processing of the messages but I can't see sending that many text pages unless you were spamming cell phones and pagers everywhere.

Ok I need lunch I see