Recipient Groups

A group of conversations you can message

Recipient groups allow you to pre-select conversations so that you can quickly configure a message of any type for delivery.

Conversations include:

• Direct messages with other users

• Multi-person direct messages (group messages)

• Private channels

• Public channels

To create a recipient group:

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

• Navigate to the Recipient Groups section and click 👥New button.

• Choose to either select conversations or enter a list of IDs.

Select conversations

• Provide a name for the recipient group.

  Optional

• 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.

• To convert the conversations to distinct users, check the box.

  Optional

• Click Create to save the recipient group.

List of IDs

• Provide a name for the recipient group.

  Optional

• Enter Slack channel and/or user IDs in the text input.

  Use commas or new lines as delimiters

Use the ➕Add more button to open additional text inputs as needed.

• Click Create to save the recipient group.

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

• Click 💣Delete to remove the recipient group.
• Click 🍬 Share to offer other users the ability to add a copy of the recipient group to their own Nightowl app home.

When a recipient group is shared, regardless of whether it is static or dynamic, a copy is offered to the user(s) you share it with that reflects the group's current state.

Any subsequent modifications you make to your recipient group will not propagate to shared copies belonging to other users. Similarly, changes that another user makes to their own copy of the group you shared with them will only affect their copy.

If your recipient group includes private channels, make sure anyone you share it with is already a member.

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

  • 🖋️Edit

    • Edit the conversations in the recipient group

  • 📬Send message

    • Send a BCC message to the recipients and optionally delete the recipient group

      The recipient(s)can be edited

  • ⏱️Schedule message

    • Create a scheduled message to the recipients and optionally delete the recipient group

      The recipient(s) can be edited

  • ⚙️Set recurring message

    • Configure a recurring message to the recipients and optionally delete the recipient group

      The recipient(s) can be edited

  • 📃Compose draft

    • Save draft message to the recipients and optionally delete the recipient group

      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.

Convert conversations to distinct users

Selecting many individual users can be tedious. Use the optional checkbox to create a recipient group from the distinct users present across the selected conversations. This will build a group from the unique members of any public or private channels, multi-person direct messages, and/or direct messages.