Standard message and data rates may apply for sending text messages to Envaya.
The sections below explain the commands that you can use on Envaya SMS.
Example: "P This is my latest news."
If you are using Envaya's international (+1) phone number, your SMS must be shorter than 160 characters. When using other phone numbers (such as the Tanzania phone number), your message can be as long as you want.
Your news update has been published to "N exampleorg"
If you want to undo, txt "DELETE 58934"
Anyone can see your published news either via SMS or on your organization's website. We encourage you to share your organization's website address and SMS command ("N [username]") with other people so they can see your news.
Note: The "P" command requires logging in to your Envaya account. See "IN" command.
Each line shows the username and the type of update (N is news, I is contact information), and is also a command that you can send for more information.
For example, send "N NYEDACO" to see the latest news from Nyengedi Environment Development and Diseases Control, or "I taswo" to see the contact information of Tanzania Support for Widows and Orphans.
Whenever you publish a news update (either via the SMS "P" command or via envaya.org), your organization will move to the top of the list when anyone sends the "U" command.
Example: "F mwanza youth children network"
Each line shows the username of an organization on Envaya that matched your search (in this case, 'F environment'). In this case, [1/2] means that there are too many matches to fit in a single SMS, and this is the first of two pages. If you want to see the second page of results, reply NEXT or 2.
In order to see the contact information any organization, reply with text "I [user]", for example "I jeanmedia".
In order to see the latest news any organization, reply with text "N [user]", for example "N jeanmedia".
The response for the FN command is the same as the F command.
Note: if you don't know the username of the organization you're looking for, use the "F" command to find it.
Anyone can subscribe to any organization's news on Envaya. When you subscribe to an organization's news, Envaya will automatically send you a SMS notification whenever that organization publishes a news update on Envaya.
Txt "STOP 3" to unsubscribe.
Txt "SS" to show all subscriptions.
Txt "N jeanmedia 6" or open http://envaya.org/jeanmedia/news.
To stop these notifications, txt "STOP 1"
In this example, the first line means that you are subscribed to jeanmedia's news updates, and you can text "STOP 1" to unsubscribe.
The response to the 'N' command shows the latest news update, along with the date and the number of comments.
If the news update is too long, only the beginning will be shown. Text "MORE" to see more of it.
To see older news updates, text "NEXT" or the page number.
The phrase "2cmt" means that there are two comments on this news update. If there are no comments on a news update, it will say '0cmt:"C [msg]"' instead.
To view and add comments, use the "G" and "C" commands described below.
Note: the "G" command is only available after you use the "N" command to view a news update.
Note: the "C" command is only available after you use the "N" command to view a news update. Also, you can add a comment to a news update even if "C [msg]" is not shown.
Note: Most commands do not require logging in. However, you must log in to publish news with the "P" command. Once you log in once, your phone will stay logged in forever until you log out.
If the response message starts with [#/#], that means there is more than one page of items. The first number is the current page, and the second number is the total number of pages. To go to the next page, text NEXT (or X for short). To jump to any page, just text the page number.
For example, text "4" to see the 4th page of results.
If the response message ends with "MORE", that means that the response was too long to send in a single SMS. If you want to see more of the message, text MORE.
HELP or MENU will also do the same thing.
Note: the list of available commands may change depending on your previous commands.