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2 Using the Mailbox Library
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3 Sending an SMS Message
The purpose of the Mailbox library is to let applications send and receive information to and from other computers, through a variety of communications media. The mailbox insulates the application as much as possible from the mechanics of transmitting and receiving the information.
In order to use the Mailbox library, an application must package information in a format acceptable to both a data driver (which stores the message) and a transport driver (which sends the message) -- in this case the SMS transport driver. The application then registers this message with the Mailbox library. During the registration process, you specify in which data format the message is stored.
The Mailbox library stores messages that have not yet been transmitted in its outbox . Messages are held in the outbox until the hardware connection necessary for transmission is available. An application can also specify that a message not be delivered until a specific time. In this case, the message will automatically remain in the outbox until that time. While a message is in the outbox, the device's user can examine information about the message and delay or even cancel its delivery.
When the time comes to send the message, the Mailbox library activates the appropriate transport driver. This activation is transparent to an application developer.
GEOS SDK TechDocs
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| 2 Using the Mailbox Library
| 3 Sending an SMS Message