Need help regarding sending SMS using java

Question

I want to send SMS using my java program. The scenario is that i have a server on which management program(written In java) is running. User can post their problems on the server. I want that when someone post their problem on server my java program generate an SMS to the user mobile number that your problem has been submitted. I searched Google and found that you can use Java Mail API to send sms to user. I tried the program given on this link

i used these parameters

......

public void msgSend() {

        String gmailUserName = "[e-mail]";
        String gmailPassword =  "xxxx";
        String smtpHost = "smtp.gmail.com";
        String compression = "My Sms Compression information";
        String from = "[e-mail]";
        String to = "[e-mail]";
        String body = "Hi how r u";
        Transport myTransport = null;
        ...
        ...

After using this i received an email on my Gmail account with the following error

Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:

[e-mail]

Technical details of permanent failure: DNS Error: Domain name not found

I think that perhaps i didn't configure my Gmail account for mobile that's why i got this error. But i want to ask is it possible that i send sms using Java Mail API?

Answer 1

The error message shows you exactly the problem:

DNS Error: Domain name not found

There is no DNS entry for sms.smtp.google.com. It doesn't have anything to do with your settings. Google does not offer a public SMS gateway (sending SMS normally costs money).

You could try Amazon Simple Notification Service, for example.

Answer 2

It is possible to use email to send messages via SMS using an SMS gateway. It does require you to know the recipient phone number's carrier however.

For example:

Using the chart in the Wikipedia article in the link above, if the phone number is 7675431234 and the carrier is AT&T, then the email address to use would be [e-mail].