[GH-ISSUE #70] Only allow sending to phone's current country #63

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opened 2026-02-28 01:22:59 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

kerem commented

2026-02-28 01:22:59 +03:00

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Originally created by @olliebennett on GitHub (Dec 23, 2012).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ushahidi/SMSSync/issues/70

I can imagine people being concerned about setting up their phone to mindlessly send messages to any number provided by the server.

I live in the UK, and the cost of sending a SMS to another country is quite high (and outside my included free texts). Therefore I only want to send out messages to numbers in this country.

I would like to have an option in the SMSSync app that prevents sending of messages to any recipient not beginning with the UK country code (i.e. +44).

Ideally the phone would still send messages without a country prefix (for example, in the UK 07123456789 is the same as +447123456789).

An idea for a new setting in the settings page:

Limit message sending to:
      +------------------+
 [x]  | e.g. +254        |
      +------------------+

Possible problems:

The app can't inform the server that a message has not been sent (yet - see issue #11).
Is there an easy way to detect whether a number has the country code attached? I know there are lots of oddities with different countries having different international calling prefixes, so if configured this way, the server would have to send the +44 version, instead of (for example) 00447123456789 (which would work in the UK, but not in Kenya who would need to dial 0447123456789).

Originally created by @olliebennett on GitHub (Dec 23, 2012). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ushahidi/SMSSync/issues/70 I can imagine people being concerned about setting up their phone to mindlessly send messages to any number provided by the server. I live in the UK, and the cost of sending a SMS to another country is quite high (and outside my included free texts). Therefore I only want to send out messages to numbers in this country. I would like to have an option in the SMSSync app that prevents sending of messages to any recipient not beginning with the UK country code (i.e. `+44`). Ideally the phone would still send messages without a country prefix (for example, in the UK `07123456789` is the same as `+447123456789`). An idea for a new setting in the settings page: ``` Limit message sending to: +------------------+ [x] | e.g. +254 | +------------------+ ``` Possible problems: - The app can't inform the server that a message has not been sent (yet - see issue #11). - Is there an easy way to detect whether a number has the country code attached? I know there are lots of oddities with different countries having different [international calling prefixes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_call_prefixes), so if configured this way, the server would _have_ to send the `+44` version, instead of (for example) `00447123456789` (which would work in the UK, but not in Kenya who would need to dial `0447123456789`).

kerem closed this issue

2026-02-28 01:23:00 +03:00

kerem commented

2026-02-28 01:23:00 +03:00

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@eyedol commented on GitHub (Dec 23, 2012):

@olliebennett I would rather leave this to the client side to implement since the client side gives SMSSync the number and message to send.

@eyedol commented on GitHub (Dec 23, 2012): @olliebennett I would rather leave this to the client side to implement since the client side gives SMSSync the number and message to send.

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2026-02-28 01:24:18 +03:00

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