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 * Create HTTP-POST listener in your server. Make sure it is on a publicly accessible web server (i.e. external services can access your application)
 * Login to your account and click on the Contact Us link. Paste the URL into the body of your message and request that we configure your account
-* Once you receive confirmation of this completion, you will be able to receive messages in y application
+* Once you receive confirmation of this completion, you will be able to receive messages in your application

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 *[[MO POP3 |POP3 ]]
-*[[MO SOAP]]
+*[[MO_SOAP |SOAP]]
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 [[APIs | back]]

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 Incoming SMS messages are first directed into your account (Inbox). From there, these messages can be collected by your application in two ways: Push and Pull
-'''Push'''
+'''1. Push'''
-Messages received in your account are forwarded to you using email or HTTP-POST. This is the preferred method as you get messages immediately after they have been received. For this process to work you need to expose an HTTP-POST listerner on your web server and let us know its URL. The downside of this method is in case your URL changes (for example you have dynamic IP address) forwarding to your application will stop as we will unable to locate the URL that was provided - for as long as you do not update the URL with new IP address. Also, this method is sensitive to firewall settings (you will need to expose the web server which may be behid the the firewall - make sure the port is open).
+Messages received in your account are forwarded to you using email or HTTP-POST. This is the preferred method as you get messages immediately after they have been received. For this process to work you need to expose an HTTP-POST listener on your web server and let us know its URL. The downside of this method is in case your URL changes (for example you have dynamic IP address) forwarding to your application will stop as we will unable to locate the URL that was provided - for as long as you do not update the URL with new IP address. Also, this method is sensitive to firewall settings (you will need to expose the web server which may be behind the the firewall - make sure the port is open).
 See below links for details on using HTTP-POST:
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 PLEASE NOTE - YOUR APPLICATION MUST IMPLEMENT HTTP-POST processing NOT HTTP-GET
-'''Step-By-Step Process to Get You Going'''
+''Step-By-Step Process to Get You Going''
 * We assume that you already created an account and have sending using API working
 * Create HTTP-POST listener in your server. Make sure it is on a publicly accessible web server (i.e. external services can access your application)
 * Login to your account and click on the Contact Us link. Paste the URL into the body of your message and request that we configure your account
-* Once you receive confirmation of this completion, you will be able to receive messages in your application
+* Once you receive confirmation of this completion, you will be able to receive messages in y application
-'''Pull'''
+'''2. Pull'''
-You can also collect messages from your online account. This is preferred if you do not have an application that can be exposed to the Internet or if your IP address changes often so that it is not practical to keep updating your IP/URL settings. The downside is that you need to poll for new messages every so often (no more than 5 minute intervals are allowed), which means that delivery to your application may be slightly delayed.
+Your application can also collect messages from your online account in periodic intervals. This is preferred if you do not have an application that can be exposed to the Internet or if your IP address changes often so that it is not practical to keep updating your IP/URL settings. The downside is that you need to poll for new messages every so often (no more than 2 minute intervals are allowed), which means that delivery to your application may be slightly delayed.
 There are two methods for getting your messages.
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 *[[MO POP3 |POP3 ]]
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 [[APIs | back]]

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 Please contact us to discuss which option would work the best in your situation.
-Incoming SMS messages are first directed into your account (Inbox). From there, these messages can be forwarded to you using email or HTTP-POST. You can also collect them by using standard POP3 protocol. See below links for details on using HTTP-POST:
+Incoming SMS messages are first directed into your account (Inbox). From there, these messages can be collected by your application in two ways: Push and Pull
 * [[MO HTTP]]
 * [[MO HTTPS]]
 PLEASE NOTE - YOUR APPLICATION MUST IMPLEMENT HTTP-POST processing NOT HTTP-GET
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 * Login to your account and click on the Contact Us link. Paste the URL into the body of your message and request that we configure your account
 * Once you receive confirmation of this completion, you will be able to receive messages in your application
 ----
 [[APIs | back]]

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 '''Step-By-Step Process to Get You Going'''
 * We assume that you already created an account and have sending using API working
-* Create HTTP-POST listener in your server. Make sure it is on a publicly accessible web server (i.e. external services can access your application
+* Create HTTP-POST listener in your server. Make sure it is on a publicly accessible web server (i.e. external services can access your application)
 * Login to your account and click on the Contact Us link. Paste the URL into the body of your message and request that we configure your account
 * Once you receive confirmation of this completion, you will be able to receive messages in your application

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-With our service you can collect incoming SMS messages from your customers and have these messages forwarded directly to your application using a common HTTP protocol. Here a several examples:
+With our service you can collect incoming SMS messages from your customers and have these messages forwarded directly to your application using a common '''HTTP-POST''' protocol. Here a several examples:
 * Voting
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 *[[MO POP3 |POP3 ]]
+PLEASE NOTE - YOUR APPLICATION MUST IMPLEMENT HTTP-POST processing NOT HTTP-GET
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 [[APIs | back]]

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 To receive text messages, senders need a number to which they can send them. There are two options for you to receive incoming messages. You can use a
 * Shared short or long code or
-* Dedicated VirtualSMS or dedicated short code
+* Dedicated [[VirtualSMS]] or dedicated short code
 Please contact us to discuss which option would work the best in your situation.

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−	~~Your Upside Wireless account~~ can ~~accept~~ incoming SMS messages ~~in several ways~~. ~~For example, whenever you send~~ a ~~message, the recipient can reply to it as~~ many ~~times as he/she likes within the 7-day period. Alternatively~~, ~~you may have~~ a ~~Short Code or a VirtualSMS assigned~~ to ~~your account~~. ~~In this case, any message that arrives~~ to ~~your dedicated Short Code~~ or VirtualSMS ~~is directed~~ to your ~~Inbox~~.	+	With our service you can collect incoming SMS messages from your customers and have these messages forwarded directly to your application using a common HTTP protocol. Here a several examples:
		+
		+	* Voting
		+	* VoIP Call origination
		+	* Customer support
		+	* Sales reporting
		+	* Instant Messaging
		+	* Telemetry and many more
		+
		+	To receive text messages, senders need a number to which they can send them. There are two options for you to receive incoming messages. You can use a
		+	* Shared short or long code or
		+	* Dedicated VirtualSMS or dedicated short code
		+
		+	Please contact us to discuss which option would work the best in your situatuion.
		+
	Once in your Inbox, these messages are subject to the forwarding rules that you previously created in your account. For example, you may instruct your account to forward all incoming messages to one or more email addresses. Similarly, incoming messages can also be forwarded to an external application using HTTP-POST method. See below links for details:		Once in your Inbox, these messages are subject to the forwarding rules that you previously created in your account. For example, you may instruct your account to forward all incoming messages to one or more email addresses. Similarly, incoming messages can also be forwarded to an external application using HTTP-POST method. See below links for details: