In this chapter, the steps required to set up an SMS gateway will be
explored. Once configured, you will be able to send text messages to
individual contacts and mass mailing lists within CiviCRM.
explored. Once configured, you will be able to send both single and mass text messages to
individual contacts which have a **mobile phone number** defined, ie. **Phone Type** must be "Mobile".
**Note**: Contacts which do not have a mobile phone number defined **will not** receive a SMS text message.
## Configuring a Clickatell SMS Gateway
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Four optional settings will appear, including:
- Description: change the name of the connection (e.g. "CiviCRM HTTP")
- Replace leading zero: enable this option if phone numbers against
- Replace leading zero: enable this option if mobile phone numbers against
your contacts begin with "0". For delivery to be successful, all
numbers must begin with the country code if this is not enabled.
(This option no longer exists.)
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Thanks for testing Clickatell's gateway coverage. You will be able to change the content of your message after your initial purchase of message credits.
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### After upgrading your ClickAatell account to a paid account
### After upgrading your Clickatell account to a paid account
Once you have upgraded your Clickatell account, you will need to change a
few parameters to get things working again.
In CiviCRM, go to: **Administer** > **System Settings**>
**SMS Providers** and click Edit on your "Clickatell" provider. In the API
Parameters box, under the api_id line, add a from= and a mo=1 parameter. The
from= number is the phone number associated with the api_id in your Clickatell
from= number is the mobile phone number associated with the api_id in your Clickatell
account.
Your API parameters should now look like:
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Back in your ClickATell Developer's Central page, click on the America's 2 Way SMS
tab, then click Manage next to the phone number you are working with. For the
tab, then click Manage next to the mobile phone number you are working with. For the
Primary Callback: Reply Path, choose "HTTP Get" from the dropdown. In the target