I think someone has asked for Push Messages but is there a plan to add/offer some way to do Text Alerts? Given that most mobile users now have unlimited text messages, this would be a good way to raise an alert for specific messages. TIA
IMO push notifications (messages send to the browser from within the application while the user session is active) and text messages (messages sent to the user's phone by the server when ever a new email arrives) are very different things. I also do not see the relevance of unlimited text plans since the sender pays to send the message not the recipient. All that being said it is possible to do if you have the right setup. Sieve for example has a Notify extension (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5435) this can send out notifications when an arriving message matches your chosen criteria. You'd still need to have a SMS system to connect it to so that it can send the text message but SMS is an option that Notify supports.
You'd still need to have a SMS system to connect it to so that it can send the text message but SMS is an option that Notify supports.
Incorrect. In the US, all major phone service providers allow sending texts to the customers phone via email -- no SMS required!
I've set up a few text alerts for different projects and it's honestly been a lot more reliable than push notifications for me, especially since I don't always have every app open or browser notifications enabled. You can pretty much trigger a text from new emails or other alerts depending how you filter them and which tools you use. I do agree that since senders have to eat the costs, it pays to make sure they're meaningful messages. Also, for stuff like real estate, I've seen people use ringless voicemail for real estate (https://www.dropcowboy.com/what-is/voicemail-without-calling) campaigns as a way to reach opted-in contacts without being super intrusive. It's sort of similar in that it targets mobile users but keeps the outreach more convenient for everyone.