Answers.Body: <p>Jaap Jansma at CiviCoop has developed two extensions that do this for us. It is connected to a Norwegian sms provider, but the code is available on github.</p>
  
  <p>He used a trick... To automatically create a contact with no name, but only email(as Civi requirements for creating a contact). A contact with cell phone number 123456789 would then get an email like this: 123456789@mobile.sms</p>
  
  <p>This is again easy to search for or make a report for back office staff to go through. (Email adresses containing @mobile.sms)</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://github.com/CiviCooP/org.civicoop.pswincom" rel="nofollow">Norwegian sms provider PSWincom</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://github.com/CiviCooP/org.civicoop.smsautoreply" rel="nofollow">Sms autoreply</a></p>
  
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Body: <p>I have a client who has a service they'd like to merge into CiviSMS.  Strangers (i.e. not in the database) can send a text with a keyword; ideally it should create a contact with their phone number.  Using reports/Views, staff will review new incoming messages and respond to the contacts accordingly.</p>
  
  <p>Is that possible with CiviSMS?</p>
  
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Title: Is there a way to accept inbound SMS from contacts not in your database?
ThreadText: # Is there a way to accept inbound SMS from contacts not in your database?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-02-04)
  
  I have a client who has a service they'd like to merge into CiviSMS. Strangers (i.e. not in the database) can send a text with a keyword; ideally it should create a contact with their phone number. Using reports/Views, staff will review new incoming messages and respond to the contacts accordingly.
  
  Is that possible with CiviSMS?
  
  **Tags:** sms
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-03-08. Score: 3
  
  Jaap Jansma at CiviCoop has developed two extensions that do this for us. It is connected to a Norwegian sms provider, but the code is available on github.
  
  He used a trick... To automatically create a contact with no name, but only email(as Civi requirements for creating a contact). A contact with cell phone number 123456789 would then get an email like this: 123456789@mobile.sms
  
  This is again easy to search for or make a report for back office staff to go through. (Email adresses containing @mobile.sms)
  
  [Norwegian sms provider PSWincom](https://github.com/CiviCooP/org.civicoop.pswincom)
  
  [Sms autoreply](https://github.com/CiviCooP/org.civicoop.smsautoreply)
  
  
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