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Reply-able SMS Messaging

We now offer a simple "Reply-able SMS" service for messages sent out through our portal, (INCLUDING our "open sending" email to sms service).

The service works by "remembering" messages sent out through our gateway, and matching replies sent back to us through one of our incoming numbers. After sending a message out, there is an exclusive window where messages from the destination number will be accepted and routed back to the correct account. After a message is received back, the window is closed - IE you can only receive one reply per message sent out.
During the expiry window, our system will lock-out attempts for another user to set the reply flag going to the same number. Other users on our system would have to wait until the end of the expiry window (12 hours), or until the window is closed with a reply.

At the moment, it is possible for replies to be sent to any email address (which you can nominate at the time of sending), or the messages can be stored in your sms inbox. In the future it will be possible to integrate your applications via the HTTP Post gateway, and receive replies directly to your server.

Please note...

To route to messages back to us, we override the originator setting on the message with our reply gateway number. If for any reason the message cannot have the reply flag set, the default originator on your account will be used.