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Messaging Module

Messaging module is the main communicative root of the sahana system.It is used to send sms,E-mail alerts and/or messages to various groups and individuals before,after and during a disaster and in ordinary days for day to day use.At the moment messaging module suuports only sms and E-mail,but in future CAP,Instant Messaging,RSS feeds and more are to come up.

Goals

• Alerts - Sending mass amounts of messages(SMS and E-mail) from sahana to outer world
• Collaboration - Sending and receiving messages to collaborate various activities before,during and after a disaster and for day to day activities

Features

• Customized Messaging

This feature enables users to manually enter phone numbers and/or E-mail addresses and send messages on the fly.

• Adhoc Grouping

This feature allows users to create adhoc groups based on types provided