GoldSMS User and Admin Guide

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 ==== GoldSMS Alert ====
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 Inbound Text Messages are sent to the Pending tab of the appropriate contact record as Other Actions, activity code = TXI, with alarm turned on.
+If you wish, you can rely on GoldMine's internal alarm functionality to let you know when a new Text has arrived for you. However, many users Suspend GoldMine's alarms and, therefore, GoldSMS Alert comes into play.
+We recommend that you place GoldSMSAlert.exe in your Windows Startup folder.
+When running, GoldSMS Alert sits quietly in the Windows Notification Area (System Tray), normally found in the lower right corner of your screen. When a new Text arrives for you it raises an alert as shown above. You can double-click any of the entries on the list to go immediately to that contact record.
+**Note: GoldSMS Alert only functions if GoldMine is running!**
+If GoldSMS Alert detects that you are using GoldSMS Thread (i.e. to carry on a Text "conversation' with the current contact), it suppresses alerts for single Texts from that contact.
+If you click the tray icon, you get the following self-explanatory options:
+{{::goldsms_alert_options.png?300|}}