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GSM on SUCT network in Urals
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Posted by: Mr. Questions

Does anyone know what the string is to send an SMS to the SUCT network? By this I mean the e-mail format used to deliver a message as a SMS.

Example :

T-Mobiles string is

555-555-5555@tmomail.net

Thanks!

P.S. It's not listed on gsmworld.com

Posted by: wavetossed

That's an odd question. I thought that everybody shut down their email-to-SMS gateways back in 1999 when spammers discovered them. I know that last year someone was convicted and sentenced to 2 years in jail in Chelyabinsk for abusing local GSM networks including YuUST's network.

If you go to the YuUST site here http://sms.suct.ru/cgi-bin/cgi.exe?function=sms_send then you can send an SMS from the web page. Enter the phone number, then the message, and then press the arrow button beside the word OTPRAVIT'. There is an example of the correct format for numbers as well as showing which number ranges are on the YuUST network. I've used this and it works. But it was easier for me to just send SMS direct from my phone and that way my girlfriend could reply back to me.

Posted by: Mr. Questions

I hear what your saying. Just that I use the Treo 600. After getting a $50.00 SMS bill from T-Mobile for just texting to Russia, I though that since I could also send SMS Via e-mail why not do that and pocket the $50 instead.

As you already understand a SMS message can be received on a handset you just need to know the email format to use.

T-mobile follows the rule of subscribers number @tmomail.net

Posted by: wavetossed

Like I said, I doubt that there are many mobile operators who allow email-to-SMS these days. Especially not in Russia and especially not in Chelyabinsk. Not only was that SMS spammer jailed in Chelyabinsk last year, but two Chelyabinsk hackers were lured to Seattle with the promise of a lucrative job and then arrested when they stepped off the plane. Chelyabinsk oblast' has a lot of Russia's nuclear and defense industry and as a consequence, they have good technical schools there. That means that the few who turn to hacking tend to be highly skilled hackers.

So, if you don't want to SMS from your phone, just go to the YuUST web page and do it from there. Most Russian mobile operators have a web page where you can send SMS to their network because web pages are easier for them to secure than email.