We have a computer lab manager whose office is in the bowels of a building where he gets no cell reception. We'd like a way to send him messages when something needs to be fixed in the lab.

What's a simple, free, platform-independent, non-corporate, internet-based messaging application?

@Pat @marcorobotics If he doesn't have notifications turned on, he might not see it for hours. If he does, his device would never stop screaming.

Maybe there's a way to set up notifications for only certain messages...

@peterdrake

>"Maybe there's a way to set up notifications for only certain messages..."

Yes, he could run a background process that sifts incoming emails for a specific string, and then have that process sound an alert.

@marcorobotics

@peterdrake

In fact, I would not be surprised if some email clients already have that capability built in.

@marcorobotics

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