On this page you will find solutions on how to send SMS text
messages to contact groups using the various sending methods with Ozeki NG SMS
Gateway.
For demonstration I have created a contact group called
testgrp in Ozeki NG SMS Gateway (Figure 1).
Figure 1 - Create contact group
I have created three contacts in the created group (testcontact1,
testcontact2, contact 3) (Figure 2).
Figure 2 - Create contacts
Built-in SMTP server
If you want to send messages to the built-in SMTP server you
need to specify the recipient in the following form: grp__groupname@domainname (Please note that there are two underscores
after grp keyword in the recipient!)
In this example: grp__testgrp@test.com
Figure 3 - SMS message to a built-in SMTP server
On Figure 4 you can see that Ozeki NG SMS Gateway has sent out
the messages to the contacts of the contact group.
Figure 4 - Sent messages in Ozeki NG SMS Gateway
Web GUI
To send SMS messages from web GUI, you need to specify the
recipient as grp://groupname (Figure 5).
In this example it is grp://testgrp.
Figure 5 - SMS message to web GUI
On Figure 6 you can see that the message has been sent to the
contact group.
Figure 6 - Sent message in Ozeki NG SMS Gateway
Excel client
In Excel you need to define the recipient in column A as
grp://groupname (Figure 7).
Figure 7 - Send message with Excel
On Figure 8 you can see that Ozeki NG SMS Gateway has sent out
the message to the contact group.
Figure 8 - Sent message in Ozeki NG SMS Gateway
Database user
In database user you need to specify the recipient in the
following form: grp://groupname in the receiver field (Figure 9).
Figure 9 - Send message with database user
On Figure 10 you can see that Ozeki NG SMS Gateway has sent
out the message to the contacts.
Figure 10 - Sent message in Ozeki NG SMS Gateway
HTTP API
To send SMS message from HTTP API to contact groups you need to enter the
recipient after recipient= section of the script.
