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* 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 situatuion.  
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Please contact us to discuss which option would work the best in your situation.  
  
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:
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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:
  
 
* [[MO HTTP]]
 
* [[MO HTTP]]
 
* [[MO HTTPS]]
 
* [[MO HTTPS]]
  
Alternatively, you can leave messages on the server and then pick them up occassionally using standard POP3 client or protocol.
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Alternatively, you can leave messages on the server and then pick them up occasionally using standard POP3 client or protocol.
  
 
*[[MO POP3 |POP3 ]]  
 
*[[MO POP3 |POP3 ]]  

Revision as of 11:21, 11 April 2009

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 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:

Alternatively, you can leave messages on the server and then pick them up occasionally using standard POP3 client or protocol.



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