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Created on Jul 29, 2020

SMS / Text Auto Responder

Hello! An Auto Text Responder would be a huge benefit to Ring Central. I'm a US customer and a Realtor. There are auto Text responses that would help me greatly to be able to tell clients I'll get back to them shortly-whether I'm with my family, in another meeting, etc. I can see this use being helpful in many other industries as well and really think this should be an immediate addition to your services. When all people need immediate responses these days, this would be priceless!! Thanks for any help you can offer!



Update from RingCentral

We’re thrilled to announce the release of RingCentral Automator, now available in beta for RingCentral customers.

Automator is a workflow automation tool that sends automatic responses to inbound SMS messages. Choose from pre-built templates like out-of-office or after-hours to automatically reply to text messages when you’re not available. You can also use our rules-based engine to build custom workflows.

There’s no cost to use this tool, but messaging rates do apply. Start using Automator by logging in with your RingCentral account here. Space in this beta is limited, so claim your spot by logging into Automator today.

Product Line RingCentral Phone
  • ADMIN RESPONSE
    Jul 31, 2023

    Planned for Q1 of 2024.

  • Chrissy Hunt
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    Aug 14, 2023

    I agree with the previous post! This is on other cloud phone apps, how (since you are apparently #1) you still don't have it? We really need it for our service.

  • Starkey Roberson
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    Jan 31, 2023

    I literally just posted that request. It's such an outdated feature that it's surprising that it's not available yet. But get this, I just called RC today and they have the feature in their own IVR!!! And they use their own phone system. Maybe their implementing it for themselves to test it out before rolling it to the public, I don't know. But I felt like I was being played! Lol... Also, we don't just need auto text respondent via the IVR, we also need the ability to customers to check their order statuses, have an estimated wait time when waiting in queue and even voice response. I loved Ring Central for their innovation for small businesses 8 years ago, but now have fallen a bit behind.

  • Rodney Snead
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    Jan 19, 2023

    After I log in and try to create an after hours autoresponse, I am unable to input a phone number in the drop-down for the outgoing phone number, and cannot type in an outgoing phone number, what should I do?

  • Shiraz Ali
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    Jan 16, 2023

    I have setup after hours and it is not functioning.

  • Rick Meyer
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    Jan 12, 2023

    Great to hear there's been progress made on this idea. Unfortunately in it's current state it misses the target on what would be most valuable to us, the need to auto respond from numbers assigned to sites, call queues, etc i.e. system phone numbers not individual users. In addition, we need the ability for an administrator to manage for the system number and individual users.

  • Craig Nystrom
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    Jan 12, 2023

    I'm glad this has finally been done. I have two requests -


    Can we add hyperlinks in the outgoing sms. I'd like to direct clients to or support website page after-hours.

    Can you add the option to send an email for the action when creating a custom workflow.

  • George Beach
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    Jan 12, 2023

    Byrne Reese - Bravo! This is amazing

  • Admin
    Byrne Reese
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    Jan 12, 2023

    Update from RingCentral

    We’re thrilled to announce the release of RingCentral Automator, now available in beta for RingCentral customers.

    Automator is a workflow automation tool that sends automatic responses to inbound SMS messages. Choose from pre-built templates like out-of-office or after-hours to automatically reply to text messages when you’re not available. You can also use our rules-based engine to build custom workflows.

    There’s no cost to use this tool, but messaging rates do apply. Start using Automator by logging in with your RingCentral account here. Space in this beta is limited, so claim your spot by logging into Automator today.

  • Top Cleaning and Multi Ervice LLC
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    Dec 1, 2022

    Text Message auto responder/vacation is needed!URGENTELY!!!!!

  • Brush Blow And Go
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    Nov 4, 2022

    To us this is an absolutely critical feature to have. To the point we are looking for other solutions that have this feature and plan to move off of RingCentral if this feature is not available by the end of the year.

  • Naveen Majumder
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    Nov 4, 2022

    this has been a huge struggle that ring central has been behind on, I get a lot more texts than voice calls and wish this would be priority as I’m sure majority of users are in the same struggle

  • Andrew Webb
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    Oct 27, 2022

    Text Message auto responder/vacation is needed!

  • Ivan Pleshakov
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    Oct 10, 2022

    Grasshopper already have it

  • Ivan Pleshakov
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    Oct 10, 2022

    Any update?

  • Marc Bellino
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    Oct 9, 2022
    Is there a status update on this feature? It is extremely necessary for a business phone service to offer this feature. Please uodate the ETA on release. Thank you
  • Samuel Keys
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    Sep 29, 2022

    This is a feature that is desperately needed for when individual employees are out of the office or otherwise unavailable.

  • Lester Good
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    Sep 28, 2022

    Our company has been using Ring Central for several years now and we are encouraging people to use the txt feature since many of our customers prefer texting. However this creates a problem since customers tend to just reply to the text when they contact us in the future and there is currently no way to alert them if that particular user is out of the office. This would benefit our company a lot!

  • Toby Macaro
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    Sep 27, 2022

    Please help us add this feature to help notify clients when a team member is out of office or outside business hours.

  • Melissa-Irene Jackson
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    Sep 26, 2022

    Please, please, PLEASE make this a reality, I am desperate. When patients cannot reach me by phone, they try to text my work line, but none of the numbers are saved as contacts in RingCentral and I don't intend to (we have HUNDREDS of patients). It is not compliant or appropriate for me to exchange texts with them and it's also incredibly cumbersome / unintuitive.


    I asked my admin to disable SMS for my line, but RingCentral only allows it to be disabled sitewide, all or nothing, which is also not a solution since some of our team use SMS in a very very limited capacity.


    Overall, RingCentral meets our needs wonderfully, but the lack of this feature frequently puts me in a very difficult position.

  • Law Office of LaShaunte S. Henry, PLLC
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    Sep 22, 2022

    Hello. I am trying to find out how to enable an auto responder to text messages such as “text messages are not authorized for use for communications and to email to my official email address.”

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sms feature

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I would like to use this feature . that if a client sends a sms to have an auto response. but this feature is not yet available.
Sun Scout 5 months ago in RingCentral Admin Portal 0 Planned
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SMS auto Response

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An auto response to an SMS text stating that we do not have SMS texting abilities and that the client will need to email staff to contact us.
Amanda Chehna over 1 year ago in RingCentral Phone 0 Planned
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SMS/ Auto response

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It would be very helpful if we could set up an autoresponse for when we receive texts out of bussiness hours!
Natalie Gaudio-Fricano over 1 year ago in RingCentral Mobile App 0 Planned
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Need an auto-reply text message function

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People are texting the main number and not leaving any caller id. Want an auto-text message that tells people NOT to text this number. Disable texting???
Christine Tebeau over 1 year ago in RingCentral Phone 0 Planned
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Text away message

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Looking to set up an option to have an away/vacation reposne to go out when someone texts while away.
Jacque Healey about 1 year ago in RingCentral Admin Portal 0 Planned
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Automatic Text message

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Every person that calls your office line, once them leave a message or hang up, they get an auto text from us Thanking them for calling, offering an alternative way for them to connect with us: instagram link, Youtube link, website, and a video li...
Justin Kautz 3 months ago in RingCentral Phone 0 Planned
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Automated text after hours

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We would really love/need an automated text to be sent if a client texts us after hours. We would want them to know we received their text and someone can respond during opening hours.
Stephanie Soto about 2 years ago in RingCentral Phone 0 Planned
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Incoming Text auto reply

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I use the text feature A LOT, but when I am out of town or off, they go unanswered. I would like to set and auto reply when I am out of the office.
Gina DuQuesnay 5 months ago in RingCentral Admin Portal 0 Planned
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I'd like the auto reply message to be sent just once to the client.

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I'd like the auto reply message to be sent just once to the client. It should be sent the first time a client sends a text to us at 808-566-6611.If you turn on the automation, then the auto reply message is sent each time a client sends us a text,...
ROXANNE GOMEZ 5 months ago in RingCentral Integrations 0 Planned
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After Hours autoresponder SMS text

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I love the after hours feature for phone calls but it would also be super helpful if there was an after hours text option. So if a customer texts you after hours, they get a autoresponse saying your office is closed, ect.
Ryan Collett over 1 year ago in RingCentral Phone 0 Planned
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Text message auto reply

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Hello. I am trying to determine how to create an auto reply to incoming text messages such as “not authorized” and to email my official email address instead of texting informally. I do not want to completely disable incoming text messages because...
Law Office of LaShaunte S. Henry, PLLC 12 months ago in RingCentral Mobile App 0 Planned
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Setting Groups of contacts to send bulk messages to

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I have a bunch of contacts and it would be great if I could send specific texts to specific people all at once. Right now I have to add everyone individually. Ideally if there was an automation to select the groups and send out automate texts at s...
Kristine Lafond over 1 year ago in RingCentral Phone 0 Planned
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auto reply for text messages

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Have an option to set auto reply
John Paolo Lachica over 1 year ago in RingCentral Mobile App 0 Planned
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Text Auto-Responder

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I would like to have the capability for our Ring Central lines to send a text message automatically in response to inbound text messages that are delivered outside of business hours. For ex: if business hours end at 5:30p, then all inbound text me...
Office Main Line (for day and nighttime use) about 1 year ago in RingCentral Admin Portal 0 Planned
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Auto reply for texts

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as a healthcare professional, texting is not HIPAA compliant… Yet it is a major method of communication. It would be IMMENSELY helpful if I had an auto reply to texts that stated “Auto response: Please be aware Dr Koppa does not reply to text mess...
Business Hours Message over 1 year ago in RingCentral Phone 0 Planned
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Out of Office Auto Response

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When on PTO no one reads your status so you still get messages and calls causing urgent messages to be missed as person awaits response. A canned out of office response would be more efficient
Guest over 2 years ago in RingCentral Web/Desktop App 0 Planned
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Auto text messaging feature

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Have an option to set up auto reply text message, out of office, on leave etc.
John Lachica over 1 year ago in RingCentral Mobile App 0 Planned
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auto-text attendant

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Can we have an auto-text attendant -- which will allow him to text his caller if he doesn't want to answer a phone call (e.g. I'm driving, please call me back later.).
Lloyd Tanodra almost 2 years ago in RingCentral Mobile App 0 Planned
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Allow customer to set an auto response in SMS

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I hope we will have an option to create an auto response in SMS so whenever someone sent SMS we can send them an auto response. It will be very beneficial for every company and will saves time.
Guest about 2 years ago in RingCentral Mobile App 0 Planned
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Automatic Replies in Messaging

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Automatic Replies in messaging for direct messages would be helpful when you will have a time of unavailability, such as time Out of Office or in Training.
Niki Martschinske over 2 years ago in RingCentral Web/Desktop App 4 Planned
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auto response for texts when closed

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please implement a feature that allows an auto response for texts when our business is closed
Lakeview Text about 1 year ago in RingCentral Mobile App 0 Planned
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Auto reply to text messages

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It'd be great to have an "out of office" automatic reply feature for text messages. My clients reach me increasingly by text, so they don't ever hear my VM greeting that I'm out of town.
Colby Mills almost 2 years ago in RingCentral Web/Desktop App 0 Planned
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Create an Out Of Office function for SMS

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All users of text messaging would benefit.
Sasha Hardy over 1 year ago in RingCentral Phone 3 Planned
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Automated SMS Response for Missed Calls

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Automated texts sent to any incoming missed calls and voicemails for the client to text back a response.
Tom ONeil over 1 year ago in RingCentral Phone 0 Planned
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generating automatic sms response as away message

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this is currently not a feature for ring central for any of the ring central product lines. I work in an outpatient community clinic . it would be very helpful so that clients are aware when they text if provider is away from office or off work. t...
Guest about 2 years ago in RingCentral Mobile App 0 Planned
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Auto-reply for texts...

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My work hours are irregular and varied. Being able to set up a text auto-reply would allow me to be responsive at those times I can not respond.
Guest over 4 years ago in  2 Planned
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auto reply SMS send to people who call or text a line

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would like an auto SMS message be sent o anyone who calls, texts, or leaves a voicemail that the message/ call was received.
Cairo Call outs 12 months ago in RingCentral Phone 0 Planned
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Automated Text Responses

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This would allow users to set automated text responses similar to how they would on an email. Anyone who tries texting a RingCentral number that is in Do Not Disturb mode or outside of business hours will receive an automatic reply.
Ryen Baeza over 1 year ago in RingCentral Web/Desktop App 0 Planned
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Automated SMS

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I want to automate SMS messages when clients make appointments, so that they can confirm or reschedule with the sms messaging.
Guest almost 3 years ago in RingCentral Phone 0 Planned
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Away Messages for Texting

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We should be able to set an away message on our texts so that if we are on vacation or in a meeting clients know that we're not available, just like we can for a phone or email
Guest about 2 years ago in RingCentral Mobile App 0 Planned
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Automatic SMS Reply

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It would be nice to have an option for certain lines or all lines to have a feature where it will send a message saying the message/sms has been recived. Or allow for a custom reposnse to be sent out to the user. As a company where we get texts to...
Jackson Bobbitt over 1 year ago in RingCentral Web/Desktop App 0 Planned
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Text auto reply and signature

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While away on lunch, out of office or not available auto reply would be very helpful when receiving a text. Automatic custom made Signature for every text sent would also save time and so the members know who sent the message.
Guest almost 2 years ago in RingCentral Mobile App 0 Planned
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Auto Reply for text messages

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If you could set an out of office for text messages that could be customized with a date this would be a HUGE help for people using their RC number as a work phone and frequently communicate with customers via text.
Guest almost 3 years ago in RingCentral Web/Desktop App 12 Planned
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Autoreply for SMS and auto forwarding

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It will benefit the business where in customer's are not only reaching them through call but also sending SMS. It will also notify their customers through text if they are not available at the time. It should work like the auto reply and forwardin...
Guest about 2 years ago in RingCentral Mobile App 1 Planned
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Automatic Replies in Texts

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Please consider adding automatic replies for texts, much like we have for voicemails and emails. When I go on vacation, I can set automatic replies so that if someone emails or calls me, they are reminded that I am on vacation. I would like the sa...
Brett Markwardt (he, him) about 1 year ago in RingCentral Web/Desktop App 0 Planned
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Automatic text message reply

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please add a way to set up automatic text message reply like an “out of office” email rely to the messaging system
Scott Plaggemeyer over 1 year ago in RingCentral Mobile App 0 Planned
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Adding a feature to set an out of office message for text messages.

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While out of the office, not everyone calls to hear we are out of the office but I always come back to multiple text messages. If an out of office feature could be added when we get a text, it would be extremely helpful!
Brianna Harvey over 1 year ago in RingCentral Mobile App 0 Planned
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Auto text response when out of office

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much of my business is through text messaging. When I am out of the office for any extended time I’d like to be to have an auto text respond to incoming texts. This is a necessity to run my business successfully.
Guest about 2 years ago in RingCentral Mobile App 0 Planned
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Automatic Text Replies

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This request is coming from a busy primary care doctors office. We use text messaging to communicate with our patients often. Sometimes we get texts after hours and on weekends. It would be great to have the option to send an automated text respon...
Sarah Christopher almost 2 years ago in RingCentral Phone 0 Planned
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Out of Office Text Messages when going on Vacation

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When out of the office on vacation, it would be helpful to be able to direct people to text/call others in the office since you may be out of the country
Guest about 2 years ago in RingCentral Admin Portal 0 Planned
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Send an after hours text automation

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It's like a voicemail for after hours setting but in text.
Guest almost 3 years ago in RingCentral Web/Desktop App 2 Planned
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auto vacation response on text

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To have the ability for users when they're on vacation to set their vacation mode and if someone texts during that time the vacation response is sent automatically.
Guest about 2 years ago in RingCentral Phone 1 Planned
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Autoreply Text Messages

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Description: I wish to send an autoreply to external text messages incoming to a user's phone during non-office hours. (example "Our hours are M-TH 9-4, If you have an after hours urgency please reply with the word URGENT, and we will respond). Is...
Messages snead about 1 year ago in Developer Platform and APIs 0 Planned
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Text Messaging Out of Office automated reply

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The ability to set an automated out of office reply would be great to let people know they need to contact someone else during this time
Brian Kleinfall about 2 years ago in RingCentral Web/Desktop App 0 Planned
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Customer calls. Link is sent to his/her phone to complete our contact form

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On my off days, I don't want to miss business. So I would rather have the callers receive a text message with a link to complete our contact form.
Guest over 2 years ago in RingCentral Phone 0 Planned
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Add the ability to send an automatic reply to text messages.

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We could set expectation as to when they will receive a reply. Patients seem to think someone is answering their text messages 24/7. They get upset if they are replied to quickly. It is only during office hours.
Melinda Nelson over 1 year ago in Developer Platform and APIs 0 Planned
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Enable a way to leave an out of office auto responder for text messages

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Enable a way to set up an out of office auto responder for text messages
Guest almost 2 years ago in RingCentral Mobile App 0 Planned
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Automatic text reply when called is missed

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When a person calls and the call is not answered, the app would automatically engage with that person (who otherwise might go elsewhere) with an auto-generated text that says whatever the RingCentral customer sets it to.
Guest almost 2 years ago in RingCentral Phone 0 Planned
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Automatic SMS replies

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We are a business and we have had some issues with people texting our main line. We would like to disable SMS messaging to our main line and some extensions. We would still like the options of sending SMSs in the future so we don't want to disable...
Violetta Reum over 1 year ago in RingCentral Phone 0 Planned
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Auto text so I can go on vacation in peace.

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Add auto text when we are not at work. I shouldn’t have to send texts to remind my patients that I’m off after 5:00pm.
Brandon Long 8 months ago in RingCentral Mobile App 0 Planned
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Send a Reply Text When a Text is Received

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It lets a client/potential client know that their text was received.
Guest almost 3 years ago in RingCentral Web/Desktop App 1 Planned
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Auto-reply for SMS

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automatic reply in a form of SMS
Travis Fricke about 2 years ago in RingCentral Web/Desktop App 0 Planned
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Setup Auto Replies to Text Messages

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We need the ability to setup auto replies to texts messages. As a busines owner and consultant I want to be able to setup an autoreply so people know to call or email our support number to avoid delays in receiving help.
Ronda Tappan about 1 year ago in RingCentral Web/Desktop App 0 Planned
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Auto text to customers when call is unanswered

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It would be great if customers would receive an auto text if their calls to us go unanswered
Radiant Beauty & Health Spa 9 months ago in RingCentral Contact Center 2 Planned
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Text responding to incoming phone calls

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on the desktop app on incoming phone calls you text back responses like “will call you back in 10mins” but on the mobile app that is not avaialble I have to just let the phone call go to voicemail
Jim Mirza over 1 year ago in RingCentral Mobile App 0 Planned
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Automatic Text-to-text Reply (Out of office) when a costumer texts employee on vacation/ away for specific amount of time

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If an employee receives a text message on Ring Central during their desired time frame, an automatic text will be sent to the customer with desired message (Out of office)
Guest almost 2 years ago in RingCentral Phone 0 Planned
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OOO for SMS through RC Desktop App

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That would be helpful if we could set up automatic reply through SMS as OOO ( Out of Office Message/SMS ). Many users from our company already asked for this feature request.
Amit Trivedi over 1 year ago in RingCentral Phone 0 Planned
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Out of office auto reply to text messages

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We need the ability to set up "out of office" for messages and text messages. If someone calls me, they know I am out of the office. If they text me, however, there us no way to set up an auto reply so the know I am gone and will respond when I re...
Guest about 2 years ago in RingCentral Web/Desktop App 0 Planned
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Send SMS text auto

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Sent a custom predeterminate SMS text to callers automatically when they press a number on their phone, instead of transferring to certain extension.
Pedro Vega over 1 year ago in RingCentral Admin Portal 0 Planned
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Auto Replies, Scheduled text messages and Templates

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We have been paying another company ZipWhip to handle texts for us because RingCentral doesn't do Auto Replies (vacation, message received will reply soon etc). We also use scheduled reminder texts and Ring doesn't do that either. Lastly, template...
Charles Pellicci over 1 year ago in Developer Platform and APIs 0 Planned
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Auto-text for unanswered phone calls

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It's important to touch-base on unanswered phone calls with an automatic text message informing them of a callback or any helpful information if the person they are calling or the line itself is busy.
Hiyas Rochee Barbaza about 1 year ago in RingCentral Phone 0 Planned
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Automated Text/SMS Response

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It is very surprising this isn't already built in and would be a crucial feature. EX: When out of office, being able to alert any inbound calls/texts that you are out of office and provide any other contact details. Any other Phone SMS app/device ...
Justin over 2 years ago in RingCentral Web/Desktop App 1 Planned
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Text message automatic away message

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Text messages should have an ability to set an away message, similar to that of an email or changing your voicemail greeting, that will automatically respond to newly received messages. Our employees need a way to let their customers know they are...
Jay Aldridge almost 2 years ago in RingCentral Phone 0 Planned
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auto reply on SMS

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auto reply on SMS
Guest about 2 years ago in RingCentral Mobile App 0 Planned
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SMS automatic reply

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Is a way to set up automatic text responses after hours and on weekends
Guest almost 2 years ago in RingCentral Mobile App 0 Planned