You can elect to receive the inbound messages to your Short Code and Keyword service in one of two ways:

• »1. Proactively: have TextAnywhere automatically forward any inbound message to a nominated web address, described below. This automated approach is the most common and efficient means of receiving inbound messages.
• »2. Reactively: retrieve inbound messages by polling TextAnywhere for new messages using a method invoked from either the HTTP(S) Receiver or the Web Service. The method to achieve this is ReadTextMT.

You can configure the appropriate option from the TextPremium area of your online account.

If you choose the proactive approach, then each inbound message will be delivered to you by an HTTP(S) GET to your given URL, with the following variables:

• » Originator: the full international phone number of the sending phone.
• » Destination: the Short Code number and Keyword that the message was sent to, as Shortcode_Keyword.
• » Body: the content of the message.
• » RBID: the Reverse Billing Identifier, a unique code verifying the ability to then send back a premium content message using SendMTResponse.
• » Date: the date that the message was received, in the format: dd/MM/yyyy.
• » Time: the time that the message was received, in the format: HH:mm:ss.