ExtraTxt - Outlook Mobile Service (OMS)

Outlook Mobile Service (OMS)

With the mobile messaging functionality that is provided by ExtraTxt OMS, users can do the following:

· Compose new text messages within Outlook.
· Forward Outlook items (including e-mail messages, meetings, and contacts) as text messages.
· Receive replies from mobile devices and have two-way communication between Outlook and mobile phones.

With the ExtraTxt OMS and Outlook 2007 (or Outlook 2010), it is now as easy to send and receive text messages as it is to send and receive email. You do not need to install any software!


Requirement to use OMS

The following Outlook versions are supported:
· Outlook 2007
· Outlook 2010


OMS Message Flow (Outbound Only)

Flow for Outbound Message:

1. Carwash company sends a text message to a customer for picking up his car.
2. They compose a text message in the Outlook 2007/Outlook 2010 and submit the request to ExtraTxt.
3. ExtraTxt server sends the text message out.
4. The text message reaches the customer's mobile phone.

OMS Message Flow (2-way communication)

Flow for Outbound Message:

1. John Doe postponed the meeting and he asks Mary whether the new meeting time is ok.
2. He composes a text message in his Outlook 2007.
3. He submits the request to ExtraTxt (Note: The sender ID "+14158888001" of the text message is his dedicated number).
4. ExtraTxt sends the text message out.
5. The message arrives at Mary's mobile phone.

Flow for Reply Message:

1. Mary receives John Doe's text message.
2. She presses "Reply" button, inputs "It is ok for me." and presses "Send" button to send her reply out.
3. ExtraTxt receives Mary's message.
4. ExtraTxt found that the recipient address "+14158888001" is John Doe 's dedicated number. As a result, ExtraTxt routes the text message through email to John Doe's email address.
5. John Doe got the reply message from his Outlook 2007.

For more details:


ExtraTxt 2.1 - OMS.pdf