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ACTIVEXPERTS SMS MESSAGING SERVER 4.1 RELEASE NOTES

(Release date: February 20 2006)

INTRODUCTION

ActiveXperts SMS Messaging Server 4.1 is the newest version of the ActiveXperts SMS Messaging Server product. The mission of the product is to provide companies with a fast and reliable framework to send, receive and process SMS- and e-mail messages. The product runs as a service on the Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 platform.

WHAT'S NEW IN ACTIVEXPERTS SMS MESSAGING SERVER 4.1

- User Interface -

  • Channel Wizard - the software now includes a Channel Wizard which makes configuration of SMS- and e-mail channels much easier. The Wizard guides you through the process of configuring the most important properties, and will finally send a test message to see if the channel is actually working;
  • Projects - The User Interface of Projects configuration has improved dramatically. Triggers are now associated with Projects rather than separate entities;
  • Trigger definitions - It is much easier now to create define trigger conditions; from the Trigger Configuration dialog, you can now insert 'system variables' by selecting these from a list. In the same way, you can now insert 'system constants';
  • Ability to reply and forward SMS- and e-mail messages using the Manager.

- Message Database -

  • In previous version of SMS Messaging Server, the Status field contained full information about the status and - in case of a failure - the reason for failure.
    In the new 4.1 version, there are only three status values: 'Pending', 'Success' and 'Failure', to indicate the global status of a message.
    The new StatusDetails field provides all detailed status information about the message;
  • Theres a new field in the database called Header; this field holds the header of a message. It is only used for incoming e-mail messages.

- MS SQL Server Support -

  • Migration of the Message Database to MS SQL Server is much easier now; a Wizard guides you through the process of migrating to MS SQL Server;
  • The actual migration is done by a set of VBScript programs; these scripts can be fully customized by the user to fulfill the user's requirements.

- Enhanced Logging -

  • You can now log all Channel activities, as well as all Message Database activities and all VBScript Engine activities. These log files may help you troubleshooting a problem.

- Manual -

  • Manual pages are online now, and can be access directly from various ActiveXperts SMS Messaging Server Manager dialogs. This makes it easier to find a specific topic in the manual, directly from the application.

- SMS -

  • Support for outgoing WAP Push messages and WAP Bookmark messages; it is supported by SMPP channels and GSM modem channels;
  • Support for Unicode messages, to support foreign languages like Chinese and Arabic;
  • Improved support for PCMCIA GSM devices;
  • Support for message concatenation TLV's (message_payload and split/reassembly TLV's); this feature applies to SMPP channels only.

- E-mail -

  • The header of incoming e-mail messages are now stored in the Message Database. Previous versions of SMS Messaging Server didn't support POP3 message headers. E-mail headers enable you to find detailed information about an e-mail, like mail server, other recipients, SPAM scores, etc.

BUG FIXES

  • MS SQL Server didn't work when Windows Authentication was used. This has been fixed now.