Receive SMS Replies to Email
When someone replies to an SMS you’ve sent via email to the SMS service, the reply will be sent to the originating email address. This means that you can simply reply to all incoming emails from the Textmagic service and the recipient will receive the reply as an SMS.
How to set up incoming SMS alerts
To set up an incoming messages notification:
- Log in to Textmagic (or start a free trial if you haven’t registered yet).
- Go to Incoming SMS alerts.
- To turn on the receiving SMS to Email service, enable the New incoming SMS option.
- If you want the last ten messages from your conversation included in the email reply, turn on the Recent Chat History feature.
Normally, the reply is sent to the email address that started the conversation. For example, if you sent an email from
[email protected] to
[email protected] and the recipient replied to that address, that reply will be sent to
[email protected] by default. However, you can also nominate up to three additional email addresses to receive a copy of that email. Add them into the
Forward incoming SMS to email 1,
2 or
3 fields.
Incoming SMS email alert (an example)
When someone replies to your message sent using Email To SMS, Textmagic will forward the reply to your email.
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| From: | [email protected] |
| Body: | Hi, I just received your message. Phil. |
Next steps
Now you know how to set up incoming SMS alerts to be sent to multiple emails. In the next section, Distribution lists, we will explain how to forward important email alerts to multiple recipients at once.
If you want to know more about sending an SMS via the Internet, please contact us by emailing [email protected].
