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NMMAILSMS Parameter Descriptions

AnswerWait

How many seconds the text message request holds up processing of subsequent actions in the call tree. Set this number to a high value if it is more important to get an answer from the particular person being contacted than it is to get a quick answer.

Default: 60

Debug

Determines whether Notification Manager is to generate debugging messages at the command prompt or the AXCREXX window and in the ASOTRACE log.

Default: NO

MailRetry

How many times to retry the text message request when it does not reach the email SMS gateway that the cell phone provider maintains. The total number of attempts are 1 more than the MailRetry value.

Default: 4

MailWait

How many seconds to wait before each time the text message request is retried.

Default: 60

MaxMsgLen

The maximum length of a text message that the mobile device provider's email SMS gateway supports.

Default: 160

MaxPhoneLen

The maximum number of characters that the Phone parameter can contain.

Default: 10

NMFindWait

Specifies the number of seconds that Notification Manager allows the person who received the email to call in and handle the item before it executes the FAILURE command.

Database Default: 300

Internal Default: 900

Phone

The phone number or device alias of the text message recipient. The content for the text message is sent through email using the SMS gateway that the mobile device provider maintains.

PhoneNumeric

Whether the value specified for the Phone parameter can be strictly numeric {YES} or not {NO}.

Default: YES

SendURL

Specifies whether the Notification Website URL is appended to the end of the notification text.

Default: YES

System

Specifies the name of the system that is to handle all notification server requests.

Internal Default: The local system name

TellExact

TellExact{YES} causes the TELL text from the NMFIND command to be written in the text message "as-is". TellExact{NO} allows NM to add a call-in number and an item number to your TELL text. If you attempt an illegal operation, NM can force this to NO.

Default: NO

ToListFormula

The formula that is used to convert the input Phone parameter into the email address that is required by the mobile device provider's email SMS gateway.

You can specify any valid REXX expression in this parameter. To use a parameter value in the expression, specify the name of the parameter, not its value. Use an exclamation point (!) for the pipe symbol (|), and use a single quote (') for any quotes.

For example, if the AT&T email SMS gateway service requires the phone number add the string "@txt.att.net", the formula would be:

phone`@txt.att.net`