Hello.

I'm running command lines to ActiveSMS and I'm in a low reception area.

The command line takes 15 seconds to execute or different if I add a non-default timeout. If the message is sent in the 15 seconds the command line will execute straight away and a message will say "Message Sent", this is fine. If however the message is not sent in the 15 seconds, it says "Message Queued" and I can see this in the Q of the console.

My questions are....

How long do the messages stay in the Queue if they can't be sent immediately (network problems etc)?

How often does ActiveSMS attempt to re-send the queued messages?

Are there any benefits in increasing the timeout of the command line?

Can you explain what the time out number in the command line means.

Thanks for your help.

Ben

P.s I have the basic licence.

sendsms
ActiveSMS 5.0
Copyright 2006 - Intellisoftware Ltd (www.intellisoftware.co.uk)
Usage: SendSMS PhoneNumber Message [Timeout(mS)] [Handset]

Timeout is mS, e.g. 30000 means 30 seconds.

The timeout is the amount of time the SendSMS command will wait for the message to be sent. If the message is not sent before the timeout period the message will remain queued (indefinitely).

You only need to adjust the Timeout period if you need a positive indication that the message has been sent. If you do not need confirmation that the message has been sent then you can use a Timeout of '0'.