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Send your first message

The best first message is a test to your own mobile. It shows you the whole round trip: writing a message, choosing a sender and checking the delivery status.

Before you start

Send a test

  1. In the portal, start a new message.
  2. Enter your own mobile number. For an Irish mobile you can start with 08. For other countries use the full international number, such as 447800000000 for a UK mobile.
  3. Choose the sender. Pick a reply number if you want to try replying, or one of your approved sender IDs.
  4. Type a short message. The portal shows how many message parts it will use.
  5. Send it.

Check it arrived

The message appears in your sent messages with a status. Sent means it has been passed to the mobile network. Delivered means the network has confirmed it reached the phone. See Delivery reports.

If you sent from a reply number, reply to it from your phone. The reply appears in your account. See Replies.

If it didn’t arrive

Check the status on the message. A number in place of a status is an error code, such as 9106, which means the account didn’t have enough credit. Look the code up in Status and error codes.

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