How do I send a MT SBD via email?
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- Placing at least one, and up to a total of four, IMEI(s) into the subject line of the email identifies the destination ISU(s).
- If there is more than one destination IMEIs then list the additional IMEIs on the subject line separated with a single space between each IMEI.
- White listing may be used to restrict the originator of MT-SBD messages to particular IMEIs. This restriction will fork for email and Direct IP.
- The message must contain a properly formatted sender (“From:” address), otherwise the message will be dropped by the GSS.
- The data message to the ISU must be carried as an attachment to the email:
- The attachment name must have a ‘.sbd’ file name extension: E.g. ‘importantdata.sbd’
- File names must be 80 characters or less. (Including the .sbd extension.)
- File names are not case sensitive.
- The maximum size of the binary message (not the Base64 version) is ISU specific and is between one byte and the maximum MT message size stated in Section 1.5
- The GSS will reject message sizes that are too large for a particular ISU type.
- The attachment must use standard Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Base64 encoding as defined in RFC 2045.
- Multiple messages may be queued by a single email by including the additional separate attachments in the email message, subject to the maximum number of messages permitted in the queue.
- Note that if one of the attachments has an incorrect extension (.sbd), while others are correct then no error indication email will be sent.
- A single email with multiple attachments creates a MT-SBD message from each attachment. In other words – one email with ten attachments creates ten entries for the destination ISU.
- The message body plays no role in the message transfer process; any information contained in the body will be discarded.
- A maximum of 50 messages may be in any ISU’s queue at any one time regardless of whether they where sent as an individual message with attachment or a single message with multiple attachments. The GSS will reject any message over this limit.