SMS Help
What is a short code or SMS (Short Message Service)?
A short code is a 5 or 6-digit number that can send and receive SMS messages with mobile phones. Short codes come in two varieties: vanity and random.
Short Message Service (SMS) is a text messaging service component of phone, web, or mobile communication systems, using standardized communications protocols that allow the exchange of short text messages between fixed line or mobile phone devices. SMS text messaging is the most widely used data application in the world, with 2.4 billion active users, or 74% of all mobile phone subscribers.[citation needed] The term SMS is used as a synonym for all types of short text messaging as well as the user activity itself in many parts of the world. SMS is also being used as a form of direct marketing known as SMS marketing.[1] SMS as used on modern handsets was originated from radio telegraphy in radio memo pagers using standardized phone protocols and later defined as part of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) series of standards in 1985[2] as a means of sending messages of up to 160 characters,[3][4] to and from GSM mobile handsets.[5] Since then, support for the service has expanded to include other mobile technologies such as ANSI CDMA networks and Digital AMPS, as well as satellite and landline networks.[citation needed] Most SMS messages are mobile-to-mobile text messages though the standard supports other types of broadcast messaging as well.
Here are some of the main commands to use on our SMS application.
[HELP] => TraxMail SMS. Reply HELP for help, STOP to cancel. Msg&data rates may apply. Go to http://traxmail.com/SMS-Help for more.
[STOP] => You have been unsubscribed from TraxMail SMS messages. You will receive no more messages from TraxMail advertisers.
[subscribe] => You have been added the list.
[unsubscribe] => You have been removed from the list. Text: subscribe to rejoin.
At this time, TRAXMAIL short codes do not support sending or receiving MMS.
Supported in all major mobile operators including
Major carriers:
AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, Alltel, Boost Mobile, Nextel, and Virgin Mobile.
Minor carriers:
Alaska Communications Systems (ACS), Bluegrass Cellular, Boost-CDMA, Centennial, Cincinnati Bell, Cingular Blue, Cox Wireless, Cricket (Leap Wireless), Dobson, ECIT (Cellular One of East Central Illinois), GCI Communications, Hawkeye (Chat Mobility), Illinois Valley Cellular, Immix/Keystone Wireless/PC Man, Inland Cellular, Nex Tech Communications, nTelos, Pioneer, Plateau, Pocket, Revol Wireless, Thumb Cellular, TracFone, Unicell, Union Wireless, United Wireless, and West Central Wireless.
International
Does TRAXMAIL SMS work outside the US with short codes?
Short codes are provisioned on a country-by-country basis. TRAXMAIL is currently only offering US-based short codes.
