# Plugin to send 'private' SMS or Instant Messages from Categories

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-to-send-private-sms-or-instant-messages-from-categories/42621>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2016 年 4 月 15 日午後 4:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-to-send-private-sms-or-instant-messages-from-categories/42621 "2016-04-15T16:58:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![JohnEhRedding](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/johnehredding/32/50126_2.png) [@JohnEhRedding](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JohnEhRedding)\
**Post date:** [2016 年 4 月 16 日午後 2:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-to-send-private-sms-or-instant-messages-from-categories/42621/3 "2016-04-16T14:09:50Z")

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Many thanks Jeff,  
The invite, I infer, can be sent to anyone who does NOT have a username and password.  
In reverse can someone with or without a username and password send a Private Message to a specific individual who is a user but is in charge managing a category and activities associated with it. A dumb example may be, if we had an ice cream stand category and someone wanted to message the ice cream stand and pre-order something. Thanks again, John

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