Intra-Application Messages

@task has a built-in messaging system. Any time that you edit a project, task, or issue, whether you update the completion status or for any other reason, you can send a message to another team member who is assigned to the project. For example, if you finish a task early, when you update the status you can send a message to a coworker telling him that you have completed your task early and that he can now start on his task. Figure 2.30 shows an example of a message.

Figure 2.32: Create an Intra-Application Message

The checkbox next to the E-mail icon ( ), if checked, will also cause the note entered to be e-mailed to the selected users.

N O T E : If you do not select any recipients, the message is still saved with the object as a note.

SeeWriting, Viewing, and Replying to Notes

When you have new messages, an the New Messages icon ( )appears in the top right corner. Click it to open the messages. The messages are displayed in a notes list. When you view your messages, you can see who sent the message and the object (project, task, etc.) to which it is attached. You can reply to messages and create threads as you would for other notes. When you create replies, you can select users to whom you want to send them as new messages.

You can remove messages from your personal inbox by selecting them using the Selection icon ( ) next to each message to remove, and then clicking on the Mark As Read icon ( ). Doing this does NOT delete the message, but merely removes if from your messages queue. New messages are automatically removed from your list after 30 days.