Draft Messages

A draft of a message to any number of recipients that can be sent now, later, or on a recurring schedule

Draft messages allow you to save a message to any number of conversations.

Conversations include:

  • Direct messages with other users

  • Multi-person direct messages (group messages)

  • Private channels

  • Public channels

To create a draft message:

  • Head to the Nightowl app home – make sure you are on the Home tab.

  • Enter one or more conversations to BCC.

    When more than one conversation is selected, semicolons will be used as delimiters to display the recipients after the message is created.

    E.g. a message to separately selected DM recipients @Jack, @Jill, and @Jen will show asBCC: @Jack; @Jill; @Jen whereas selecting a group DM between you, @Jack, and @Jill in addition to a separately selected DM with @Jen will appear as BCC: @Jack, @Jill; @Jen.

  • Compose your message.

  • Optionally enable the insertion of recipient mentions.

    The variable {@} will be replaced with a user tag in IMs and @here in other conversations.

  • Select whether or not to show the recipient(s) that this message is from Nightowl.

    Default selection can be modified in App Settings

  • Select whether or not to show previews of linked content in messages containing URLs.

    Default selection can be modified in App Settings

  • Click Save to save the draft.

After creating a draft message, it can be deleted, modified, saved as a recipient group, or used to create a message of any type.

  • The following actions are available in the overflow (...) menu:

      • Edit the conversations in the recipient group

      • Send the draft as BCC message and optionally delete the draft message

        The recipient(s) and message body can be edited

      • Create a scheduled message from the draft and optionally delete the draft message

        The recipient(s) and message body can be edited

      • Configure a recurring message from the draft and optionally delete the draft message

        The recipient(s) and message body can be edited

      • Create a recipient group from the draft and optionally delete the draft message

        The recipient(s) can be edited

All Nightowl messages are sent from your user.

Recipients will not be able to tell that you did not send the message.

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