E-Mail to Twilio SMS phone number - what would the gateway be? - twilio

I'd like to send an SMS to a Twilio SMS-enabled number via E-Mail, but can't find what domain I'd use for the E-Mail address.
(a) Is it possible to send E-Mail to Twilio SMS number?
(b) If so, what would the domain be?

Twilio developer evangelist here.
Whilst it is the case that US carriers do have email addresses that forward messages as SMS messages to numbers, this is not possible with a Twilio number. In order to send an SMS message to a Twilio number, you need to send an SMS.

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Twilio : Using the body of the inbound sms to reply with a unique outbound sms

I'm hoping to use Twilio programmable SMS to use the body of an incoming SMS (which in most cases will be a unique number sent from a customer). Grab that number and insert it as part of an automated outbound SMS reply. Eg: Customer sends "12345678" to my Twilio ph number. Twilio then uses the body of the SMS "12345678" and adds that to the automated outbound reply SMS "&VIN="12345678"&variant"..
Any help appreciated, thank you in advance
The easiest way to do this is using Twilio Studio. The incoming SMS is accessible from the Widget below the Trigger widget using liquid syntax trigger.message.Body.
You can then use a Send Message Widget to take that text from trigger.message.Body and append your text, something like:
{{trigger.message.Body}}&VIN=12345678&variant
in the message body of the Send Message Widget.

Integrating FlowXO with twilio

How can one create a bot in Flow.xo that listens to twilio messages? In other words can I write a bot in FlowXO to send and receive SMS messages from my twilio account?
Flow.XO allows one to send SMS messages via their twilio integration function, but it only has two functions:
1> Twilio calls
2> Twilio SMS messages
Both these are outward bound, and we can only send messages (calls, or SMS) via twilio from Flow.xo. Can I receive messages in FlowspellingXO from Twilio too? How is this accomplished?
Thanks in anticipation.
Twilio developer evangelist here.
I haven't used Flow.XO before, but a quick look through the documentation suggests that this is the guide for you: https://support.flowxo.com/article/152-creating-a-twilio-sms-bot
Going through that process will create a URL that you will apply to your Twilio number or messaging service. That URL is the webhook URL that Twilio will use to send details about incoming messages so that your bot can respond to replies from your user.
Let me know if that helps!

Only log SMS messages without sending outgoing messages in Twilio?

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I have an app that hooked to a twilio phone number through twilio credentials.
Is there a way to only log the SMS messages that my app is sending to twilio without twilio sending it to any outside number?
You can use Twilio test credentials. Then it won't send out the actual sms.
https://www.twilio.com/docs/api/rest/test-credentials

Twilio - can't send SMS messages to just anyone?

I'm new to Twilio - can you send SMS messages to just anyone? It seems like it requires me to verify each and every single phone number I'd like to send messages to rather than letting me send to any one of my users.
Is this true? Is there a way I can send messages to any of my ITSM users without having to preverify their phone number?
Twilio employee here. This is a restriction for trial accounts only. Once you add a credit card to your account, you will be able to send messages to any number you would like (based on the international permissions in your account, etc).

Is it Required to Verify receiver numbers on twilio

I am using Twilio API to send SMS to users .
My question is here that is it required to verify every reciver numver on twilio?
right now its saying for every receiver.
"The number is unverified. Trial accounts cannot send
messages to unverified numbers; verify at
twilio.com/user/account/phone-numbers/verified, or purchase a Twilio
number to send messages to unverified numbers."
Thanks
Dalvir
Twilio developer evangelist here.
It is only required to verify numbers that you want to send SMS to when your account is in trial mode. If you upgrade your account you will be able to send SMS messages to any number.

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