SMS via Email – Receiving, Replying & Sending

Mar 9, 2019 | All About VoIP, HowTo, SMS

SMS VIA EMAIL – RECEIVING, REPLYING & SENDING

DIDForSale’s new feature will enable its user to receive, reply & send SMS via email. This will give individuals and resellers the capability to allow anyone to receive, reply & send SMS by using an email address.

Easy setup.
As simple as sending or receiving an email.
Having an account with us is not mandatory for your clients to receive the SMS. Once you associate their email address and assign a SMS DID, they are ready to use the service right away.

Activating SMS

Login to your DIDforSale account.
Go to section Product ⇒ SMS. Select the DID and from drop-down select option Activate SMS & hit apply.

SMS Forwarding/Incoming Setup

Go to section Product ⇒ SMS. Select the DID and from drop-down select option Update SMS Forwarding and hit apply.
On next page, select option Email and enter the email address you wish to use for receiving, replying & sending SMS.
Click Confirm.

Incoming SMS

All your incoming SMS will be forwarded to the email associated with you DID. You can also check SMS record in section Reporting ⇒ SMS.

Replying to SMS

To reply to any incoming SMS from your email you need to click the Reply option from email and it will automatically set the recipient address. Type the message you wish to send and click send

Note: Please avoid using signature from email account as it may corrupt the SMS.

Sending SMS

For sending SMS you need to compose an email with following parameters.

Format:

Recipient address	toSMSnumber@sms.didforsale.com
Subject (xxxxxxxxxx = DID)	SMS [1xxxxxxxxxx]

Example:

Recipient’s address	19494710101@sms.didforsale.com
Subject	SMS [19499300360]
Message	Your text message.

In above example, we are sending SMS to number 1-949-471-0101 using DID 1-949-930-0360 from the email account associated with number 949-930-0360.

Always use 11 digits number format. 1xxxxxxxxxx.
Do not use this feature for bulk SMSing or promotional purposes.
Always make sure the recipient address & email subject are in correct format before sending the email.

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BUSINESS PHONE EMPOWERED: SEND/RECEIVE PHONE CALLS, SMS and FAX

Apr 10, 2018 | Business SIP Trunking, Online Fax, SIP TRUNKING, SMS

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Your office phone is not just a medium to send and receive phone calls. You can now use it for phone calls, SMS and Fax!

With the fast changing market trends and extremely competitive environment it has now become evident to businesses that communication is the key. While communication has always been an integral part of the business strategy its now when communication needs to be fast, efficient, and moreover transparent. To achieve all of this businesses rely on technology and their first question is How much is it going to cost? Will these tools give me the much needed control? And often the confusion is what to pick and what to leave. But not anymore!

How does DIDforSale simplify communication channels for businesses?

At DIDforSale we listened to our clients and came up with a solution that combines all of their communication channels. Your business phone number be it the Vanity Phone Number, Toll Free Number or Local Phone Number can now be used for inbound and outbound phone calls, send and receive SMS and send and receive Fax. That is true one primary channel that can take care of three most important communication mediums.

How can business phone number be used for phone calls, SMS and Fax?

Its simple, All of the phone numbers from DIDforSale are SMS enabled and can be configured for online fax service. Once you have an account with us you can log into your portal and manage how you want to use your office phone number. To use SMS service by default all of the phone numbers from DIDforSale are SMS enabled but you can choose to disable it if you do not wish to use it or if you decide to use it only on certain phone numbers. In the similar way you can follow instruction on how to set up your business phone for fax service and can configure only the phone numbers you choose.

What are the benefits of using business phone number for phone calls, SMS and Fax?

While Telephone’s have been serving the prime purpose of communication for years and years, in the recent years with VoIP Telephones have have taken a new status. They are now not just a medium to make or receive phone calls.

Consolidates Resource

Having multiple resources can result into complicated management of resources. Have one source requires less management, transparency into communication channels, easy access and can be cost effective.

Adds Flexibility

Since there is no need of additional hardware, You can access your system from anywhere anytime. You can login and without any interruptions send/receive calls, SMS or Fax when you are out of office.

Eliminates hardware cost

Traditionally to be able to send or receive fax businesses had to invest into bulky expensive fax machines. With Online fax service there is no need for physical machines or hardwired fax connections.

Gives you Control

Having single login doesn’t just makes it easy but more than that gives you control over your communication mediums. You can now easily access your past call logs, fax logs or SMS logs .

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SMS Authentication API

Oct 6, 2016 | HowTo, SMS

SMS API can be used to create one time authentication system. SMS authentication allows you to dynamically generate codes for secured login.

Why do you need to have SMS authentication system?

To answer this question let me ask you do you require your clients to create an account with secured log in?
If your answer is Yes, then yes SMS API is right choice for you. Lets see how:-

For example a new customer wants to signup for your service. But you want to make sure that this new signup is real person with real phone number. You can create a multi-factor authentication to verify the user identity before you provide access to critical information. Your application will ask for the phone number, send a random text message and authenticate the new signup based on the code you send to her phone number.

This is one of the most secure way to let people sign for new service or let people login to access very sensitive information. Most banks, Whatsapp, Facebook, Google and Yahoo send SMS to verify the identity and the person who is signing up.

How SMS Authentication works:

SMS API will follow following steps to generate and authenticate a user login process.

New customer wants to sign up or login to a protected information.
Application asks for valid cell phone number.
Your application generates a random code.
Call DIDForSale SMS API to send SMS to the customer.
Ask customer to verify the secret code.
If the code matches, your application allows the customer to login.

What Do you need to use SMS Authentication:

You need an account with DIDForSale Signup for Free Account.
Need to purchase a Phone number, so you can use that number to send SMS.
SMS service should be enabled on the phone number to send and receive SMS.
And API Key, so that our system can authenticate your application to send SMS on your behalf.

Once you have all the information, you can build a SMS authentication system. You call the REST API and send “From”, “TO” and “SMS Text” in JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) format. You can build the authentication system in any language of your choice.

Here is sample code to build SMS Authentication system with PHP.

<?php
   session_name("SENDSMS");
   session_start();
   $APIKEY="YOURAPIKEY";
   $TOKEN="APITOKEN" ;
   $CALLERID="VALIDPHONENUMBER"; 
   $PINCODE=rand(18760, 99736);
   if(isset($_POST['sendsms'])){
      if (!isset($_SESSION["date_mail"]) || (time()-$_SESSION["date_mail"]) > 120) 
     // Put a limit how many SMS some one can received. For now set to 120 seconds. 
    {
        $_SESSION["date_mail"]=time();
    }
        else
    {
        sleep(3);
        echo gettext("Sorry the confirmation SMS has been sent already. Please wait 2 minutes before you try again!");
        exit();
    }
      $BASEURL="https://api.didforsale.com/didforsaleapi/index.php/api/V4/SMS/SingleSend";
      $to = array($_POST[phonenumber]);
      $data = json_encode(array('text' => $PINCODE, 'from' => $CALLERID, 'to' => $to));
    
   }
   $ch = curl_init($BASEURL.$APIKEY);
   curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
   curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, TRUE);
   curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, FALSE);
   curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
   curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("Content-Type: application/json","Authorization: Basic ".base64_encode("$APIKEY:$TOKEN")));
   curl_exec($ch);
   curl_close($ch);
?>
<center>
</h1>Simple SMS/Call Authentication Form</h1>
<form name="authform" method="post" action"<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>" >
  <table id="phone">
    <tr><td>Phonenumber:</td><td><input type="text" name="phonenumber" maxlength="11" id="phonenumber" /></td></tr>
  </table>
  <input type="Submit" name="sendsms" value="SMS" />
</form>
</center>

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<?php

session_name("SENDSMS");

session_start();

$APIKEY="YOURAPIKEY";

$TOKEN="APITOKEN" ;

$CALLERID="VALIDPHONENUMBER";

$PINCODE=rand(18760, 99736);

if(isset($_POST['sendsms'])){

if (!isset($_SESSION["date_mail"]) || (time()-$_SESSION["date_mail"]) > 120)

// Put a limit how many SMS some one can received. For now set to 120 seconds.

{

$_SESSION["date_mail"]=time();

}

else

{

sleep(3);

echo gettext("Sorry the confirmation SMS has been sent already. Please wait 2 minutes before you try again!");

exit();

}

$BASEURL="https://api.didforsale.com/didforsaleapi/index.php/api/V4/SMS/SingleSend";

$to = array($_POST[phonenumber]);

$data = json_encode(array('text' => $PINCODE, 'from' => $CALLERID, 'to' => $to));

}

$ch = curl_init($BASEURL.$APIKEY);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, TRUE);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, FALSE);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("Content-Type: application/json","Authorization: Basic ".base64_encode("$APIKEY:$TOKEN")));

curl_exec($ch);

curl_close($ch);

?>

</h1>Simple SMS/Call Authentication Form</h1>

<tr><td>Phonenumber:</td><td><input type="text" name="phonenumber" maxlength="11" id="phonenumber" /></td></tr>

</table>

</form>

</center>

Check out Developer Kit. There you can find more documentation to build Voice or SMS application.

Simple SMS API in PHP

Oct 6, 2016 | HowTo, SMS

SIMPLE SMS API IN PHP

SMS API to forward SMS to an email address

DIDForSale SMS API lets you handle incoming SMS in your application. You can configure the SMS to forward to your URL. Once you set the SMS to your web URL, all the incoming messages will be forwarded to your web URL. From there your application can do further routing or take actions depending on your further requirements and configurations.

How to configure the SMS to forward to web URL?

Login your DIDForSale customer portal.
Click on Manage Products
- SMS.
- Select the DID number you want to forward to your web URL.
  Please note the DID number you choose should have SMS Enabled on it.
- Choose DID action to “Update SMS Forwarding”
- Click on Apply

Below are the screenshots from DIDForSale customer portal to manage SMS Service.

sms-api-configuration

Figure1. Manage SMS service on a phone number.

Once you Choose the DID number that you want to update SMS forwarding on and click Apply you will then be taken to Manage SMS Forwarding. Please See Figure 2. Manage SMS Forwarding.
On this screen you will update the URL. You can choose from one of the three available options.

Forward SMS to phone number
Forward SMS to email
Select HTTP URL for SMS Forwarding to your API.

Select the 3rd option Select HTTP URL for SMS Forwarding to your API.
Here you will type in the SMS API URL where you want to forward the SMS.

Screenshot of Manage SMS Forwarding screen from customer portal

sms-api-forward-to-url

Figure 2. Manage SMS Forwarding

All the future incoming SMS will be forwarded to this new SMS API URL you just configured. You might be using incoming SMS for update/order from customer or may be using SMS for Authentication purpose.

SMS API example!

Here in this simple SMS API example, we will forward the SMS to email address.
When we send the request to your SMS API URL we send following parameters in JSON FORMAT:-

“From”,
“To”
“Text”

Syntax:

{“text”:”This is a text message to sms api”,”from”:”19499300360″,”to”:[“19495354600”]}

Here is PHP Code snippet.

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<?php

$response = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'), r);

$subject="You Received a SMS";

$Message="Here is your message\n";

$Message.="From =". $response['from']."\n";

$Message.="To =". $response['to'][0]."\n";

$Message.="Message =". $response['text']."\n";

echo $Message ;

mail("email@example","$subject",$Message)

?>

This is just a simple example to demonstrate how the system works. Based on your needs you can build a system that meets your unique and comprehensive requirements. You can do anything you want with it. You can easily build a complicated SMS or Voice Application using our Developer Kit

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SMS Forwarding

Jun 17, 2016 | SMS

SMS FORWARDING

How SMS Forwarding is beneficial for Business Using DidforSale DID’s

Thanks to technology, never before has it been easier for businesses to remain connected to its employees and its consumers. With the advancement of telecommunications technology from traditional phone lines to VOIP capable systems, DidforSale is now offering business consumers the versatility and function of SMS Forwarding.

Why SMS Forwarding?

Simple. Direct. Personal. With SMS enabled phone number, you can make sure your message is heard by texting any number and have it forwarded directly to an email or other phone number. With SMS Forwarding, you never miss out on time sensitive communications and can notify any member of your team instantly. This gives you the advantage against your competition by delivering immediate, real-time communication where it matters most.

Is SMS Forwarding Reliable?

With our SMS Forwarding feature, you can send any number of SMS messages for marketing purposes, business, or personal use. You can even use this feature to forward SMS messages to your email or phone number on all national mobile networks. SMS Forwarding is traceable, and provides you with the opportunity for improved productivity and a reduced cost to your business. You can even reduce or prevent spam. It’s easy to install directly in your VOIP’s API and provides you with unlimited communications capability.

Is SMS Forwarding Affordable and Secure?

When using SMS Forwarding for Local phone number, you will be able to receive your messages on your business number so you don’t have to comprise your personal phone number. Your office can forward you messages at the click of the button effortlessly.

How Does SMS Forwarding Help My Business?

It provides you with an opportunity to connect more with your customers, and gives your employees increased versatility in sending and receiving important business information from any location. With this new feature, you don’t have to be tied down to a desktop in order to get the message out. You can send important press releases to media outlets, provide promotions to valued customers, and even create automated reminders to help your customers and employees remember important dates and deadlines. More importantly, SMS Forwarding provides you with endless productivity in answering important emails right at the touch of a button.

As business demands increase, you need tools to help your business’s communications efforts. DIDforSale helps you streamline your business communications by streamlining its function with its integrative SMS Forwarding feature for VOIP.

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SMS VIA EMAIL – RECEIVING, REPLYING & SENDING

Activating SMS

SMS Forwarding/Incoming Setup

Incoming SMS

Replying to SMS

Sending SMS

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PHONE NUMBERS

SMS

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Success!

Hangup Active Calls from Asterisk CLI

How does DIDforSale simplify communication channels for businesses?

How can business phone number be used for phone calls, SMS and Fax?

What are the benefits of using business phone number for phone calls, SMS and Fax?

Consolidates Resource

Adds Flexibility

Eliminates hardware cost

Gives you Control

New Posts

Learn more about our Products

SIP TRUNKING

PHONE NUMBERS

SMS

Visit SIP Trunking Pricing to see which plan best suits your business!

Our SIP Trunks are Compatible with wide range of PBX & Platforms.

STAY CONNECTED

Success!

Why do you need to have SMS authentication system?

How SMS Authentication works:

What Do you need to use SMS Authentication:

SIMPLE SMS API IN PHP

How to configure the SMS to forward to web URL?

SMS API example!

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PHONE NUMBERS

SMS

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Success!

SMS FORWARDING

How SMS Forwarding is beneficial for Business Using DidforSale DID’s

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PHONE NUMBERS

SMS

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Success!

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