You can create a messaging campaign to send messages in batches to countries or regions outside the Chinese mainland. This topic describes how to create a messaging campaign.
Prerequisites
An Alibaba Cloud account is created and have passed business authentication. For more information, visit the registration page and Account Center.
SMS is activated. For more information, visit the product page of SMS.
A resource plan is purchased. For more information, visit the buy page of SMS.
Procedure
Log on to the Alibaba Cloud SMS console.
In the left-side navigation pane, click Send to International.
On the Quick Send tab, click Create Send Task.
Enter the task-related information as prompted.
The following table describes the parameters.
Data type
Description
Scenario
Select the scene type.
Task Name
The name of the task. The name can be up to 30 characters in length.
SenderID
The ID of the sender. The ID can contain letters and digits. If the ID contains letters and digits, it must be 1 to 11 characters in length. If the ID contains only digits, it must be 1 to 15 characters in length. We recommend that you enter a valid application name, website name, or company name. For more information, see SenderID.
SMS Content
You can use variables in a message. The variable format is:
${name}. Example: Your verification code is:${code}. The verification code is valid within 5 minutes. Please do not disclose it to others.Recipient Number
Valid values: Import Recipient Number File and Enter the mobile numbers of the recipients. Set the parameter based on your needs.
Import Recipient Number File
Download a sample file and enter the mobile phone numbers as required by the sample file.
Click Import Mobile Phone Numbers to import the mobile phone numbers.
Enter the mobile numbers of the recipients
Enter the mobile phone numbers.
NoteIf your message content contains variables, set Recipient Number to Import Recipient Number File.
If you set Recipient Number to Enter the mobile numbers of the recipients, you can enter a maximum of 100 mobile phone numbers. We recommend that you upload a file to submit a large number of mobile phone numbers.
Schedule Campaign
If you turn on Schedule Campaign, configure the date and time for sending the message.
NoteYou can cancel the messaging campaign until 5 minutes before the scheduled time. To cancel the messaging campaign, click Cancel in the Actions column on the Web Sending tab.
If scheduled delivery is configured, click Schedule Scheduled Task. If scheduled delivery is not configured, click Submit Task.
What to do next
After a messaging campaign is created, you can click Details in the Actions column on the Web Sending tab to view the message details. On the message details page, you can view the basic information, messaging result, and mobile phone numbers.
