Send & receive text messages in Slack

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Michael Seibel

Just a piece of advice. I used my personal cell number as the company number and I still regret it a decade later (I get so many stupid calls). Don’t do what I did.

Michael Seibel

Managing Director at Y Combinator

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“This was by far the simplest approach out there. The ability to generate numbers and associate them to a channel, right in Slack, was wonderfully painless. I had this setup in minutes.”

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Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions about SMS to Slack. If you have a question that isn't answered here, please email us. We're happy to help!

How does it work?
Once you install SMS to Slack and configure billing, you can create a phone number and associate it with a Slack channel. When someone sends a text message to that number, it will post to the channel.

Which Slack messages will be sent via SMS?
Only replies to a thread initiated by an incoming SMS will be sent to the original sender via SMS. Any other Slack messages in the channel are ignored.

How long can I try the service?
SMS to Slack offers a 7-day free trial. Where you can test the service and see if it fits your needs.

* What are message parts?
A message part is a single SMS message that is sent to a phone number. If a message is longer than the character limit, it is split into multiple parts and sent as separate messages. Each message part is billed separately.

How are GSM-7 messages split into parts?
Messages containing only GSM 7-bit characters have a maximum limit of 1,600 characters. Messages longer than 160 characters are split into multiple message parts, each part consisting of 153 characters.

How are UCS-2 16-bit messages split into parts?
Messages containing one or more UCS-2 16-bit Unicode characters have a maximum limit of 737 characters. Messages longer than 70 characters are split into multiple message parts, each part consisting of 67 characters.

How are MMS messages split into parts?
Each MMS message can contain multi-media, and up to 1,600 characters. MMS are encoded in UTF-8 . Messages longer than 1,600 characters are split into multiple message parts.

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