# Create a phone number override rule in AWS End User Messaging SMS
Create a phone number override rule

To create a new phone number override rule, you can use the AWS End User Messaging SMS console, the [PutProtectConfigurationRuleSetNumberOverride](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pinpoint/latest/apireference_smsvoicev2/API_PutProtectConfigurationRuleSetNumberOverride.html) action in the AWS End User Messaging SMS and voice v2 API, or the [put-protect-configuration-rule-set-number-override](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/pinpoint-sms-voice-v2/put-protect-configuration-rule-set-number-override.html) command in the AWS CLI. This section shows how to create a phone number override rule using the AWS End User Messaging SMS console and the AWS CLI.

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#### [ Create a phone number rule override (Console) ]

To create a phone number override rule using the AWS End User Messaging SMS console, follow these steps:

1. Open the AWS End User Messaging SMS console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/sms-voice/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/sms-voice/).

1. In the navigation pane, under **Protect**, choose **Protect configuration** and then choose the protect configuration to add a new phone number override rule to.

1. Choose the **Rule overrides** tab and in the **Rules override** section choose **Add override**.

1. In the **Rule override details** section, enter the following:

   1. For **Destination phone number** enter the phone number to create the rule for. The phone number must start with a '\$1' and can't contain any spaces, hyphens, or parentheses. For example, `+1 (206) 555-0142` is not in the correct format, but `+12065550142` is.

   1. For **Override type** choose either **Always allow** or **Always block**.

   1. For **Expiration date – optional** choose a date for the rule expire or leave it blank for the rule to never expire.

1. Choose **Add rule override**.

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#### [ Create a phone number rule override (AWS CLI) ]

You can use the [put-protect-configuration-rule-set-number-override](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/pinpoint-sms-voice-v2/put-protect-configuration-rule-set-number-override.html) AWS CLI command to create a new phone number rule override. 

**Note**  
Because `--expiration-timestamp` is not specified this rule will never expire.

```
$ aws pinpoint-sms-voice-v2 put-protect-configuration-rule-set-number-override --protect-configuration-id ProtectConfigurationID --destination-phone-number +12065550150 --action ACTION
```

In the preceding command, make the following changes:
+ Replace *ProtectConfigurationID* with the unique identifier of the protect configuration.
+ Replace *\$112065550150* with the phone number to create a rule for.
+ Replace *ACTION* with *ALLOW* to allow messages to be sent to the phone number or *BLOCK* to not allow messages to the phone number.

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