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SMS

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SMS is the protocol for sending text messages to mobile devices. Read about it at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS.

This article covers information about how you can use SMS text messaging to send information out. It can be used with any email function within the platform.

Using SMS

Want to be alerted on your mobile phone whenever you have new data or updates within the platform? It's easy to send an SMS message to mobile phones for you or your team.

  1. For the To: field select Specific Email Addresses.
  2. In the select Specific Email Addresses field, type in the SMS-email address. (see table below)
  3. Type the message you want to send to the phone. You can also embed template variables related to that record. For example: $account.name.

Below are the most popular carriers and their formats and their character limits for messages. Just replace 5551234567 with your own number.

Carrier Email Format Limit
AT&T 5551234567@txt.att.net 160
Verizon Wireless 5551234567@vtext.com 140
T-Mobile USA 5551234567@tmomail.net 160
Metro PCS 5551234567@mymetropcs.com 120
Sprint PCS 5551234567@messaging.sprintpcs.com 160
Alltell 5551234567@message.alltel.com 116

For a complete list of carriers and their formats you can go to: http://www.livejournal.com/tools/textmessage.bml?mode=details