# Shorcode SMS Service **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/shorcode-sms-service/300700 **Category:** Support **Created:** [March 24, 2024, 5:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shorcode-sms-service/300700 "2024-03-24T05:57:40Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4
### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield) #### Post date: [March 24, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shorcode-sms-service/300700/4 "2024-03-24T15:10:44Z")
#Contribute > Feature > [@SMS Alerts for Topic Replies](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sms-alerts-for-topic-replies/268250): > > Requesting SMS notification for users whenever someone replies / creates a new thread within core discourse. If not internally - option to integrate via third party api or plugin? you can already get notifications on Telegram: > [@Telegram Notifications Plugin (discourse-telegram-notifications)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/telegram-notifications-plugin-discourse-telegram-notifications/60483): > > [Discourse Telegram Notifications Plugin](https://github.com/davidtaylorhq/discourse-telegram-notifications) This plugin allows users to receive their notifications via a Telegram bot, allowing them to turn off email notifications and still keep up-to-date. success You can “like” posts, and respond to them via the bot. Here’s a quick demo video: Before Starting Your forum must be using HTTPS, and have force\_https turned on Your forum must be accessible to the internet, not only an internal network (in development, give [ngrok](https://ngrok.com/) a try). Getting t… I personally don’t think it’s worth investing in SMS for Western countries at least as it will soon be replaced by RCS You could probably build a #Customization > Plugin or go to #Marketplace as this looks feasible: > **[RCS Business Messaging API  |  RCS for Business  |  Google for Developers](https://developers.google.com/business-communications/rcs-business-messaging/reference/rest)** --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shorcode-sms-service/300700)._