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utilzing LWP to post to messaging.sprintpcs.com/sms
i came up with this code.
why will the message not go through. please add your own sprint phone number 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;


require LWP::Protocol::http;
require LWP::UserAgent;
use LWP::Simple;

my $sprint_url = "http://www.messaging.sprintpcs.com/sms/check_message
+_syntax.html";

my $pcs_number      = "##########";
my $callback_number = "##########";
my $message         = "I am a sms phone";
my $email_address   = "";

my ($s,$c,$h) =
        &GetURL(
        $sprint_url,
        $pcs_number,
        $callback_number,
        $message,
        $email_address
    );

print $c, "\n";


sub GetURL {
        my ($sprint_url,$pcs,$back,$msg,$e) = @_;

        
        print "Getting $sprint_url ...\n";
    print "$back \t $msg \n";
        
        my $ua             = new LWP::UserAgent;
    # Faking from Netscape 4.05, not perl
        $ua->agent('Mozilla/4.05 [en] (WinNT; I)');
    $ua->proxy(['http', 'ftp'], 'http://hqifwdu1:8080/');
        my $testURL        = new URI::URL("$sprint_url");
        #$request        = new HTTP::Request('GET', $testURL);
        my $request        = new HTTP::Request('POST', $testURL);
        $request->content_type('application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
    my $formfields =qq( mobilenum=$pcs callbacknum=$back message= $msg
+ ack_add= "$e");

    print "$formfields \n";
        $request->content($formfields);
        my $response       = $ua->request($request, undef, undef);
        my $str            = $response->as_string;
        my $cont           = $response->content;
        my $head           = $response->headers_as_string();
        return  ($str,$cont,$head);

}

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In reply to send message to sprint PCS through their site by elzemeyer

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