View Poll Results: How often do you want to receive SMS's from RTI India

**karira** · 04-08-2010, 10:21 PM

How often do you want to receive SMS's from RTI India SMS Channel ?

RTI INDIA started RTI INDIA SMS channel to extend the reach of RTI beyond website and spread awareness about RTI. This service is free subscription based service and can be subscribed without the membership at rtiindia.org also.

Many users have come up with suggestions on number of SMS that they find it acceptable to receive in a day. We would like to inform that number of SMS and the timings of SMS is completely controlled by the subscribers themself. Here is how:

How many SMS can I receive per day?
By default, you will receive 10 messages each day. You can increase this limit, by going to the 'Settings' link and entering a number you are comfortable with against 'Maximum messages per day:'

Do Not Disturb (DND) feature
If you do not wish to receive SMS then send one of the following commands 'dndon' OR 'donotdisturb' OR 'nodisturb' to 9870807070

How do I subscribe to a channel?
To subscribe to a channel, click the 'Subscribe' button below the RTIINDIASMS description on the Browse channels page or on the Channels detail page. You can also click the 'Accept invitation' button below the channel description to subscribe to a channel that you've been invited to.
To subscribe using your phone, you will need to send the following SMS to 9870807070: ON RTIINDIASMS

You'll receive a confirmation message and the last message posted on the RTIINDIASMS to confirm your subscription.

I don't want to be spammed by a lot of messages during busy hours. How can I control the number of messages I receive? Can I specify when I receive the messages?

You can specify the maximum number of messages along with the time interval when you wish to receive them in a day. To specify these on the website, click the 'Settings' link.
To do so using your phone, SMS 'SET max start end " to 9870807070.

to be specified in hh:mm:am(or pm)format.

For example, to limit the number of messages to 5 per day and to only receive them between 10:00am and 6:00pm , send the following SMS to 9870807070:

SET MAX 5 START 10:00:am END 6:00

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If the number of messages posted across your subscribed channels exceeds the maximum limit, you'll receive an alert along with instructions to retrieve the extra messages, if you'd like.

Note: Operator-related fluctuations in delivery times of messages are beyond our control

How do I unsubscribe from a channel?

To unsubscribe from a channel, go to the 'My Channels' tab on the web front end. For the channel you'd like to unsubscribe from, simply click the 'Unsubscribe' button.
To unsubscribe using your phone, SMS 'OFF ', to 9870807070 where is the name of the channel.

For example, send the following SMS to 9870807070 to unsubscribe from RTIINDIASMS channel: OFF RTIINDIASMS

I've registered to SMS Channels, but I receive too many messages per day. What do I do?

By default you should receive only 10 messages per day. You can change this setting by going to the Settings page. If you are receiving too many messages please check the settings and input the appropriate number of messages that you would like to receive per day.

However we still would like to know how much is the acceptability on numbers of SMS per day, because every SMS sent by us require efforts from our team.

So please vote in this thread to let us know!

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