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View as MarkdownAnswer a client from wherever you are: text alfred_ what to say, check the draft it texts back, and reply "send". It goes when you approve it.
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Before you start
Your phone needs to be connected. Save your number in Settings → Preferences and text alfred_ once from that phone. See Text messages.
How it works
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Tell alfred_ who and what
Name the person or company and what to say. You don’t need the exact wording.
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Check the draft
alfred_ finds the thread, writes the reply in your voice, and texts it back with “Send it?”
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Reply “send”
“Yes”, “send” or “do it” sends it from your email account. Anything else, like “make it shorter”, changes it and asks again.
Here’s a reply to Dana Reyes, in the thread about the cleaning schedule:
“Hi Dana, thanks for this. I’ll give you a call tomorrow to go through it.”
Send it?
Things to text
- Did the contract from Dana come through?
- What did Mark say about the invoice?
- Reply to Dana saying I’ll call her tomorrow
- Who am I waiting on?
- What do I owe Acme?
- Archive the newsletters from this morning
Limits
- alfred_ replies from your connected email account. It doesn’t text your client.
- Name the person or company, and the subject if they’ve sent you several things, so alfred_ picks the right thread. Check the name and thread in the draft before you send.
- Reply “no” or “cancel” to drop a draft you don’t want.