Send a test message

Prerequisites

• You have completed Alibaba Cloud account registration and enterprise identity verification, and activated Short Message Service.

• Sending test messages incurs charges. Ensure your account balance is sufficient or purchase a resource package.

• To send messages to the Chinese mainland (Go China), you must first create an SMS signature and a message template. You can send messages only after both are approved.

Procedure

1. Log on to the SMS console. In the left-side navigation pane, click Quick Start.

   On the Quick Start page, in the Send a Test Message section, set the Recipient Number (which consists of a country code and a phone number), SenderID, and Message. Then, click Send.

2. On the Quick Start page, enter the required message information.

   The country code determines whether the message is sent to a destination outside the Chinese mainland (Go Globe) or within the Chinese mainland (Go China).

   • Go Globe: Enter the country code, phone number, SenderID, and Message.

   • Go China: Enter the country code and phone number. Select an approved SMS signature and message template. If the message template contains variables, enter the variable values.

3. Click Send.

   • You can call the QueryMessage API to check message delivery status.

   • You can query delivery reports in the SMS console.