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How to read and reply to text messages in the FlowForce Inbox

Last updated on Nov 08, 2026

Click Inbox, then the SMS tab. Your text conversations are listed on the left. Click one to read it, type your reply at the bottom, and send it.

The SMS tab in the Inbox with the list of text conversations

Steps

  1. Click Inbox in the sidebar.
  2. Click SMS. The number beside it is a count.
  3. Click a conversation in the list.
  4. Read the messages.
  5. In the box at the bottom, the line From shows the number you will send from. Type your message and click the send arrow.

An open text conversation with the reply box and the sending number

Start a new text

Click Compose at the top right to write a new message.

Folders

On the SMS tab, the folders are Inbox, Drafts, Junk and Trash. Press r to reply and use j and k to move between conversations.

Before you reply

Texts send from your workspace number. If you have not set one up, see How to set up Phone and SMS in FlowForce. A text that does not deliver shows in the SMS logs. See How to check if a text message was delivered in FlowForce.

If it did not work

The SMS tab is empty. You have no texts yet, or Phone & SMS is not connected.

The send arrow is greyed out. Type a message first.

I replied but the lead did not get it. Open Logs, then SMS logs, and check the status.

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