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Sinch MMS MO Postbacks

MMS MO postbacks notify the customer when an inbound MMS is received on a provisioned Short Code, Toll-Free number, or 10DLC sender. To receive MMS MO postbacks, the customer must work with Sinch to provision a postback URL for the account.

For group MMS replies, the MMS MO postback may include a copy-to array. The copy-to array identifies display-only numbers that were included on the inbound group MMS thread. These values are informational and help customers reconstruct the group conversation context.

MMS MO postback fields

FieldDescription
originMMS_MO.
codeN401.
fromPhone number of the sender including country code.
toRecipient Short Code, Toll-Free number, or 10DLC number.
copy-toArray of display-only group messaging recipients included in the inbound MMS MO postback when the MO is associated with a group MMS. Each object contains a number field.
keywordKeyword recognized from the subject or first word of body if matched to a campaign.
tracking-idTracking ID assigned by Sinch.
operator-idOperator ID of the sender's carrier when available.
timestampTimestamp when Sinch received the MMS MO.
message-subjectSubject included in the inbound MMS.
contentArray containing file nodes for inbound content.
content[].fileURL for the received picture, video, audio, text, or other file.

MMS MO example: N401

{
  "origin": "MMS_MO",
  "code": "N401",
  "from": "17745550001",
  "to": "18885551234",
  "keyword": "INFO",
  "tracking-id": "mo123xyz",
  "operator-id": "310012",
  "timestamp": "2026-04-24T18:34:00Z",
  "message-subject": "Question",
  "content": [
    {
      "file": "https://example.sinch.com/mo-content/file1.jpg"
    },
    {
      "file": "https://example.sinch.com/mo-content/file2.txt"
    }
  ]
}

Example: N401 group MMS MO with copy-to

{
  "origin": "MMS_MO",
  "code": "N401",
  "from": "11111111111",
  "to": "10000000000",
  "copy-to": [
    {
      "number": "10000123434"
    },
    {
      "number": "10000123433"
    },
    {
      "number": "10000123432"
    },
    {
      "number": "10000123431"
    },
    {
      "number": "10000123430"
    },
    {
      "number": "10000123429"
    }
  ],
  "message-subject": "",
  "keyword": "",
  "tracking-id": "MMSMOabcd123",
  "operator-id": "",
  "timestamp": "2025-11-17T16:57:00.146690+00:00",
  "content": [
    {
      "file": "https://my.mmsmsg.com/mmsmo/abc123/123wqe.jpeg"
    },
    {
      "file": "https://my.mmsmsg.com/mmsmo/abc123/123w12e.txt"
    }
  ]
}

MMS MO postback response requirements and behavior

MMS MO postback notifications require a specific response format for successful delivery confirmation.

  • Customer server must respond with HTTP 200 OK within 10 seconds.
  • If the response takes longer than 10 seconds, the connection may time out and the notification may be retried.
  • If the response is not HTTP 200, Sinch will retry the postback notification approximately five minutes later.
  • A maximum of 5 retries is attempted per notification.
  • For best performance, store the raw postback immediately and perform heavy database or file processing asynchronously.

During onboarding, Sinch will provide the source IP addresses from which postback notifications originate. If IP whitelisting or firewall rules are used, allow those source IP addresses to reach the customer postback URL.

Example postback response

HTTP 200 OK