How to create an SMS recipient list
Find out how to create a list of SMS recipients and import it into your OVHcloud Control Panel.
Find out how to create a list of SMS recipients and import it into your OVHcloud Control Panel.
Last updated 5th August 2022
To send an SMS campaign to multiple contacts, you can import one or more recipient lists into your OVHcloud Control Panel.
Find out how to create a list of SMS recipients via a spreadsheet or text editor, and import it into the OVHcloud Control Panel.
Telecom
section, then SMS
.You can create a recipient list via a spreadsheet, or use a list that already exists. This list must be in .csv format, and have the layout below in a spreadsheet:
To ensure that the spreadsheet does not perform any automatic calculations on your numbers, you must customise the format of your number
column.
In Microsoft Excel, select your entire number
column, right-click, and click Format Cells
. Click Custom
and enter the following value in the Type
field: [>0]+0;Standard
.
Under LibreOffice, select your entire number
column, right-click, and click Format Cells...
. Enter the following value in the Format Format code
: [>0]+0;Standard
If you open a .csv file with a notepad program, it should look similar to this:
The following points are vital for your recipient list to be processed properly on the OVHcloud Control Panel:
An alternative method involves simply creating a .txt file via a text editor or notepad program.
number
into the first line.You should end up with the result below:
Log in to the OVHcloud Control Panel, then select Telecom
. Next, select SMS
.
Select your SMS account, then click on the Contacts
tab and Create a contact
list.
You can create up to 9 contact lists.
To do this, simply click Actions
, then Add
.
Name your recipient list, and import your local file on to the OVHcloud Control Panel.
Now that your list has been imported, you can follow the instructions in our guide on Sending SMS messages via the OVHcloud Control Panel in order to send an SMS to the recipients of this list.
Sending SMS messages via the OVHcloud Control Panel
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