Manage Carrier Messaging
Overview
You can use Corsair's chat interface to send email or SMS messages to one or more contacts for a carrier.
Note
Carrier messaging is available only to Corsair users who have a sender account.
In the sidebar, select Settings > Carrier Messaging. The Carrier Messaging Settings page displays.
Procedures
Add a sender account
When setting up each sender account, you can select whether the carrier messaging contacts (recipients) will receive chat messages as SMS messages or emails (or both).
On the Carrier Messaging Settings page, in the Manage Sender Accounts section, select Add Sender Account. The Sender Account page displays.
Enter the following information, and select Create.
Sender Account Field Descriptions
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Basic Information section | |
Name | The sender's name. |
Communication Channel | The sender's method of sending the chat messages from this sender account. |
Sender Address | The sender's email address. |
User Sharing section | |
Assigned Users | You can include other Corsair users in your communications with carriers so they can view and participate in the conversations. |
Add a carrier messaging contact
A carrier messaging contact is a carrier contact that you can send messages to.
On the Carrier Messaging Settings page, in the Carrier Messaging Contacts section, select Add Carrier Messaging Contact. The New Carrier Messaging Contact Assignment dialog box displays.
Enter the following information, and select Save.
Carrier Messaging Contact Field Descriptions
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Contact Assignments section | If the contact already exists in Corsair as a contact for the carrier, you don't need to enter their contact information in this dialog box. All you need to do is select the carrier's name from the Carrier drop-down list and the contact's name from the Existing Contact drop-down list. Then, select Save. |
Carrier | The carrier's name. |
Existing Contact | The contact's name. |
Contact Details section | If the contact doesn't already exist in Corsair, enter the following contact details. Then, select Save. |
Name | The contact's name. |
Phone | The contact's phone number. |
The contact's email address. | |
SMS Enabled | Yes or No |
Company Name | The name of the carrier that the contact represents. |