SMS Sender ID's & SMS Stop reply number settings

SMS Sender ID's & SMS Stop reply number settings

An SMS sender ID is a number or name that any SMS you send  from Arosoftware will come from.

SMS sender ID's must not be longer than:

  • 15 numbers long for mobile number sender ID
  • 11 characters long for text IDs

Add a new Sender ID

  1. Go to the "Setup" menu and click on "Agencies & Offices"

  1. Edit the Agency that you would like to add this sender ID too
  2. Click the "SMS" tab
  3. Add a Sender ID
  4. Click "Save Agency"


Verify your SMS Sender ID

How to register and verify your Sender ID

  1. Go to the Setup menu.

  2. Click Agencies & Offices.

  3. Edit the Agency you’d like to add the Sender ID to.

  4. Open the SMS tab.

  5. Click the + icon to add a new Sender ID.

  6. Enter the Sender ID and a description.

  7. Click Register a Sender ID — this opens your accounts unique registration form in a new tab.

  8. Fill in all the required details and submit the form for approval.

  9. To check progress, click the Reload icon under Actions next to your Sender ID.

  10. Once approved, the Verified checkbox will be ticked.

* Verification can take up to 48 hours after submission.

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You’ll need to submit the form separately for each Sender ID you want to send from.

Setting your default Sender ID

Your default sender ID will be used on all automatic SMS message that get sent out of Aro. 

Setting your STOP (Opt out) Number

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The Stop reply number is a mandatory field in the global settings in the Main Settings
  1. Click on the Settings Cog > Global Settings
  1. There is also the option of using a different mobile number in both the Agency and Office SMS tab settings

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The software will use the number in Office first, if not set it will use the number in Agency and if not set it will use the number in Global settings