Sending Short Text Messages
The Text tab provides the following fields for defining a notification to a pager, phone, or other SMS-capable device.
- To (Required): Defines the SMTP email address(es) or an
address(es) for an SMS-capable device. Separate addresses with
semicolons (;). The maximum for this field is 3,000 characters. Some
examples of SMS-capable devices may include:
- AT&T Wireless - phonenumber\@txt.att.net
- T-Mobile - phonenumber\@tmomail.net
- Sprint - phonenumber\@messaging.sprintpcs.com
- Verizon - phonenumber\@vtext.com
- Message (Required): Defines a user-defined message up to 160 characters.
note
The SMA Notify Handler will insert a Notification ID using the format ID=nnn before any other information in the message so users can look up the source of a notification. For more information, refer to Looking up Notification Sources.
The resulting message contains only the user-defined message.