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Sprint's New Text Messaging Website

Submitted by wfrantz on Tue, 09/21/2004 - 13:12

I'm having trouble figuring this out. Sprint has recently made some changes here:
http://messagings.sprintpcs.com

I used to be able to simplify the form down and submit messages from my own page but now it seems Sprint has clamped down on that. This is the smallest HTML page that will send messages through Sprint:
[code:1:d65e113bf5]<form action="http://messagings.sprintpcs.com/textmessaging/composeconfirm" method="post">
Phone Number: <input name="phoneNumber" type="text" />
<p>Message: <textarea name="message"></textarea>
<p><input type="submit" value="Send" />
</form>[/code:1:d65e113bf5]

Yes, after you cut through all the other crap on Sprint's website, it really comes down to that little bit of HTML to send messages. I use the simplified version a lot. It's used by the Uploader tool to send links to your phone. It's used by my SendNote application to send messages from a MIDlet. I use it on my desktop to send quick notes to my friends. None of that works anymore.

Actually, this is the wierd part, it seems to work sometimes. Usually, it fails and I get this back from Sprint:
[code:1:d65e113bf5]<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"></HEAD>
<BODY></BODY></HTML>[/code:1:d65e113bf5]
Notice the page is empty. When I use Sprint's form, things work. Then, my form starts working suddenly too.

My guess is that Sprint is using cookies, or IP tracking, or some such thing to make sure that messages are only sent from Sprint's website. However, I can't figure out exactly what the mechanism is. I don't know what causes my form to start working. I can't repeat it, but sometimes it just does.