SDK Samples

Text Message Notifications

How the Bindery notification program works

What the program is

Bindery (bindery.jonaddams.com) is a document application operated by Jon Addams. It can send you a text message when something happens to a document you already have access to — most commonly when a colleague mentions you in a comment, and in future when document processing you started has finished.

Text notifications are off by default. Nothing is ever sent to a number until that number has texted us first.

How to opt in

Registration is deliberately inbound: you send us a message, we never send one to an unconfirmed number.

  1. Sign in to bindery.jonaddams.com with your Google account.
  2. Open Settings → Notifications. A short, single-use code is displayed there, along with the number to send it to.
  3. From the mobile number you want to register, text that code to +1 737 258 3742.
  4. We match the code to your account and reply once to confirm. That inbound message is the record of your consent; we store the number, the message and the time it arrived.

You are never asked to type a phone number into a form, so a number cannot be registered by anyone other than the person holding the handset.

[ Screenshot of the Settings → Notifications opt-in screen goes here before the campaign is submitted. ]

Example messages

Cost and frequency

The program is free to join. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies. Messages are sent only in response to activity, so how many you receive depends on your own use of the application.

How to opt out or get help

No marketing messages are sent, and consent is never a condition of using the application.

See the privacy policy and the terms of service.