Stopping kannel from sending too many messages

Hi all. I have finally configured kannel and it works, but not quite as I want it to. The problem is when I send one messages, it triggers a series of acknowledgement messages to the global sender without stopping; the only way to stop it is if I close the whole box.

Here is how my configurations look like:

#
# THIS IS A SAMPLE CONFIGURATION FOR SMS KANNEL
#
# It is run like this:
#
# 1% gw/bearerbox gw/smskannel.conf
# 2% gw/smsbox gw/smskannel.conf
# 3% test/fakesmsc -p 10000 -H localhost -i 1 -m 100 "123 345 text nop"
#
# ..all 3 commands in separate shells (or screen sessions)
#
# For any modifications to this file, see Kannel User Guide
# If that does not help, send email to users@kannel.org
#
# Kalle Marjola May 2000
# Changed for new fakesmsc version by Uoti Urpala Jan 2001
# Added service and sendsms for HTTP SMSC by Kalle Marjola Mar 2001

#----------------------------------------------
#CORE CONFIGURATION
#----------------------------------------------
group = core
admin-port = 13000
smsbox-port = 13001
admin-password = admin
status-password = admin
admin-deny-ip = *.*.*.*
admin-allow-ip = "127.0.0.1;192.168.*.*"
log-file = logfile/smskannel.log
log-level = 0
access-log = logfile/kannelaccess.log
box-deny-ip = *.*.*.*
box-allow-ip = "127.0.0.1;192.168.*.*"
unified-prefix = "+266,09266;"
store-file = logfile/kannel.store
#dlr-storage = mysql
#wpd-interface-name = *
#ssl-server-cert-file = "cert.pem"
#ssl-server-key-file = "key.pem"
#ssl-certkey-file = "mycertandprivkeyfile.pe

#---------------------------------------------
# SMSBOX SETUP
#---------------------------------------------
group = smsbox
bearerbox-host = localhost
sendsms-port = 13013
global-sender = +266********
sendsms-url = "http://localhost:13013/cgi-bin/sendsms"
sendsms-chars = "0123456789+-"
log-file = logfile/smsbox.log
log-level = 0
access-log = logfile/smsaccess.log
#http-queue-delay = 15
#http-request-retry = 4
#http-proxy-port = 3128
#http-proxy-host =
reply-couldnotfetch = "could not retrieve"
reply-couldnotrepresent = "could not represent"
reply-requestfailed = "request failed"
reply-emptymessage = "the message is empty"

#----------------------------------------------
#SMSC CONFIGURATION
#-----------------------------------------------
group = smsc
smsc = at
smsc-id = smsrelay
modemtype = wavecom
device = /dev/ttyS1
speed = 9600
pin = 1111
phone = +266********
sms-center = +266820088
my-number = +266*******
smsc-username = root
smsc-password = admin

group = smsc
smsc = http
smsc-id = smsrelay
system-type = kannel
smsc-username = root
smsc-password = admin
port = 14000
send-url = "http://localhost:14000/cgi-bin/sendsms"
connect-allow-ip = "127.0.0.1;192.168.*.*"

#----------------------------------------------
#The MODEM group configuration
#----------------------------------------------
group = modems
id = wavecom
name = wavecom
speed = 9600
no-pin = false
init-string = "ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0"
detect-string = "WAVECOM"
detect-string2 = "MODEM"

#----------------------------------------------
# SERVICES
#----------------------------------------------
group = sms-service
keyword = default
#get-url = "http://localhost:14000/cgi-bin/sendsms"
get-url = "http://localhost:14000/cgi-bin/sendsms?username=root&password=admin&from=%p&to=%P&text=%a&smsc=%i"
#post-url = "http://localhost:14000/cgi-bin/sendsms?username=root&password=admin&sender=%p&to=%P&text=%r"
#send-url = "http://localhost/cgi-bin/sendsms?to=%P&text=%r"
#catch-all = true
#strip-keyword = true
#faked-sender = +266********
#faked-sender = +266********
concatenation = 1
#accept-x-kannel-headers = true
#text = "Enjoy the freedom of open source"

#group = sms-service
#keyword = nop
#get-url = "http://localhost/smskannel.php"

#group = sms-service
#keyword = nop
#text = "No service specified"

#----------------------------------------------
# SEND-SMS USERS
#----------------------------------------------
group = sendsms-user
username = root
password = admin
user-deny-ip = "*.*.*.*"
user-allow-ip = "127.0.0.1;192.168.*.*"
max-messages = 2
concatenation = 1

I think i found out why my kannel will not stop sending. My get URL in the default service is a sendsms script, so upon receiving the requests it sends a "sent" message. It was locked in a cycle of receiving a sensms service and seding the message.

Anyway that problem is solved, but now I have another problem which persists despite my most serious effort to solve it. I sometimes think that it wants me to have some comprehensive python knowledge which I am a newbie to. I have a smsservice which I took from the alligator server documentation, with the proverb keyword. When i send the word proverb from my phone it does not it does not service that request, instead it routes my request to the default service. Even when I perform a sms push it still does the same thing.

This is what my log looks like. I will also include my updated script.

This is what happens when I send a "proverb" message from my phone.

2007-01-11 01:45:15 [24795] [4] INFO: Starting to service <proverb> from <+26658737146> to <1234>
2007-01-11 01:45:15 [24795] [4] DEBUG: Started thread 8 (gwlib/fdset.coller)
2007-01-11 01:45:15 [24795] [4] DEBUG: Started thread 9 (gwlib/http.c:write_request_thread)
2007-01-11 01:45:15 [24795] [8] DEBUG: Thread 8 (gwlib/fdset.coller) maps to pid 24795.
2007-01-11 01:45:15 [24795] [9] DEBUG: Thread 9 (gwlib/http.c:write_request_thread) maps to pid 24795.
2007-01-11 01:45:15 [24795] [9] DEBUG: Parsing URL `http://localhost:14000/potd.html':
2007-01-11 01:45:15 [24795] [9] DEBUG: Scheme: http://
2007-01-11 01:45:15 [24795] [9] DEBUG: Host: localhost
2007-01-11 01:45:15 [24795] [9] DEBUG: Port: 14000
2007-01-11 01:45:15 [24795] [9] DEBUG: Username: (null)
2007-01-11 01:45:15 [24795] [9] DEBUG: Password: (null)
2007-01-11 01:45:15 [24795] [9] DEBUG: Path: /potd.html
2007-01-11 01:45:15 [24795] [9] DEBUG: Query: (null)
2007-01-11 01:45:15 [24795] [9] DEBUG: Fragment: (null)
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [9] DEBUG: HTTP: Opening connection to `localhost:14000' (fd=28).
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [9] DEBUG: Socket connecting
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: Get info about connecting socket
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: HTTP: Sending request:
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: Octet string at 0x9f1a280:
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: len: 76
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: size: 1024
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: immutable: 0
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: data: 47 45 54 20 2f 70 6f 74 64 2e 68 74 6d 6c 20 48 GET /potd.html H
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: data: 54 54 50 2f 31 2e 31 0d 0a 48 6f 73 74 3a 20 6c TTP/1.1..Host: l
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: data: 6f 63 61 6c 68 6f 73 74 3a 31 34 30 30 30 0d 0a ocalhost:14000..
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: data: 55 73 65 72 2d 41 67 65 6e 74 3a 20 4b 61 6e 6e User-Agent: Kann
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: data: 65 6c 2f 31 2e 34 2e 30 0d 0a 0d 0a el/1.4.0....
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: Octet string dump ends.
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: HTTP: Status line: <HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted>
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: HTTP: Received response:
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: Octet string at 0x9f1a280:
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: len: 102
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: size: 1024
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: immutable: 0
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: data: 53 65 72 76 65 72 3a 20 4b 61 6e 6e 65 6c 2f 31 Server: Kannel/1
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: data: 2e 34 2e 30 0d 0a 43 6f 6e 74 65 6e 74 2d 4c 65 .4.0..Content-Le
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: data: 6e 67 74 68 3a 20 33 32 0d 0a 43 6f 6e 74 65 6e ngth: 32..Conten
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: data: 74 2d 54 79 70 65 3a 20 74 65 78 74 2f 70 6c 61 t-Type: text/pla
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: data: 69 6e 0d 0a 0d 0a 41 75 74 68 6f 72 69 7a 61 74 in....Authorizat
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: data: 69 6f 6e 20 66 61 69 6c 65 64 20 66 6f 72 20 73 ion failed for s
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: data: 65 6e 64 73 6d 73 endsms
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [8] DEBUG: Octet string dump ends.
2007-01-11 01:45:25 [24795] [5] DEBUG: message length 32, sending 1 messages



This I get when I send "Lumela motapa from my browser."
2007-01-11 01:53:31 [24795] [4] INFO: Starting to service <lumela motapa> from < 26658491286> to <58737146>
2007-01-11 01:53:31 [24795] [4] DEBUG: formatted text answer: <Sorry,no specified service for your request.>
2007-01-11 01:53:31 [24795] [4] DEBUG: message length 44, sending 1 messages
2007-01-11 01:53:41 [24795] [4] INFO: Starting to service <Sorry,no specified service for your request.> from <58737146> to < 26658491286>
2007-01-11 01:53:41 [24795] [4] DEBUG: formatted text answer: <Sorry,no specified service for your request.>
2007-01-11 01:53:41 [24795] [4] DEBUG: message length 44, sending 1 messages
2007-01-11 01:59:14 [24795] [0] ERROR: SIGINT received, aborting program...
2007-01-11 01:59:14 [24795] [0] INFO: Received (and handled?) 3 requests in 839 seconds (0.00 per second)


The new script;

#CORE GROUP
group = core
admin-port = 13000
admin-password = admin
smsbox-port = 13001
log-file = testlog/bearerbox.log
log-level = 1
box-deny-ip = *.*.*.*
box-allow-ip = 192.168.*.*;127.0.0.1;196.24.0.*
admin-deny-ip = *.*.*.*
admin-allow-ip = 192.168.*.*
unified-prefix = +266,09266;
access-log = testlog/accesslog.access
store-file = kannel.log
smsbox-max-pending = 5
maximum-queue-length = 5

#SMSBOX
group = smsbox
bearerbox-host = localhost
sendsms-port = 13013
#global-sender = +26658704044
log-file = testlog/smsbox.log
log-level = 1
access-log = testlog/smsbox.access

#SMSC MODEM
group = smsc
smsc = at
smsc-id = modemrelay
modemtype = wavecom
device = /dev/ttyS1
speed = 9600
pin = 1111
phone = +26658491286
sms-center = +266820088
smsc-username = root
smsc-password = admin

group = smsc
smsc = http
smsc-id = httprelay
host = localhost
port = 14000
our-port = 14001
system-type = kannel
smsc-username = root
smsc-password = admin
device = /dev/ttys1
connect-allow-ip = 192.168.*.*
send-url = "http://localhost:14000/cgi-bin/sendsms"
connect-allow-ip = "127.0.0.1;192.168.*.*;196.24.0.5"

#GROUP MODEM
group = modems
id = wavecom
name = wavecom
speed = 9600
no-pin = false
init-string = "ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0"
detect-string = "WAVECOM"
detect-string2 = "MODEM"

#GROUP SERVICES
group = sms-service
keyword = proverb
aliases = potd
get-url = http://localhost:14000/potd.html
prefix = <!--beginprov-->
suffix = <!--endprov-->
split-chars = ,;.
split-suffix = "'cont.'"
accepted-smsc = modemrelay
concatenation = 1
max-messages = 3

group = sms-service
keyword = default
text = "Sorry,no specified service for your request."

#GROUP USERS
group = sendsms-user
username = root
password = admin
max-messages = 2
split-chars = .;,
split-suffix = "'cont.'"
header = "From the MMG group."
user-deny-ip = *.*.*.*
user-allow-ip = 192.168.*.*
forced-smsc = httprelay