Inbound SMS - Overview

Telesign Inbound SMS enables you to receive Mobile Originated (MO) messages sent by your end users. You must buy a phone number or short-code from Telesign to use this product.

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NOTE:

For sending outbound SMS messages, see SMS - Overview or SMS Verify API - Overview.

Product features

Inbound SMS allows you to:

• Send your pre-defined replies in response to certain keywords within messages.
• Handle certain keywords for US and Canada for compliance purposes.

You can use this service via either HTTPS or via SMPP. (SMPP is only available if you have a full-service account).

Documentation by category

Docs:

• Inbound SMS - Get started
• Inbound SMS - Action-to-keyword mapping
• Inbound SMS - Handle Unsubscribe requests