diff --git a/projects/start-docs/support/src/chats.md b/projects/start-docs/support/src/chats.md index c2cfd58ec6..e5ace5912f 100644 --- a/projects/start-docs/support/src/chats.md +++ b/projects/start-docs/support/src/chats.md @@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ Keep chats on Start9's products and the technologies around them. The [Terms of - **Attach files** with the paperclip in the message field — logs, screenshots, config files. Each file can be up to 25 MB. - **Share privately** with the lock in the message field, for something only Start9's staff should see. See [Privacy](privacy.md). - **Request a human** with the person icon in the message field. See [Dux and Helix](dux-and-helix.md#reaching-a-person). -- **Close the chat** with the circled X in the message field (**Close chat**), once you have what you came for. See [Closing and Reopening](#closing-and-reopening). +- **Close the chat** with the circled X in the message field (**Close chat**), once you have what you came for. See [Closing a Chat](#closing-a-chat). - **Reply to, react to or copy** a message from the toolbar that appears when you hover over it, or by long-pressing it on a phone. - **Search** the chat from the search icon in its header. While Dux works on a reply, or someone at Start9 is typing one, the chat says so. You can keep writing in the meantime; Dux answers everything you sent together. -**Chat info**, from the info icon in the header, shows the chat's topic, its status, who is in it, and Dux's notes on the case. +**Chat info**, from the info icon in the header, shows the chat's topic, its status, who is in it, and Dux's notes on the case. **Download as a zip**, under **Export**, saves the whole chat. See [Exporting a Chat](#exporting-a-chat). ## Your Chats @@ -33,16 +33,20 @@ A chat's status is in **Chat info**: - **Open** — the chat is active. - **Paused until** a time — Start9 has set the chat aside until then, usually while waiting on something. You can still write in it. -- **Closed** — the chat is over. You can't write in it until you reopen it. +- **Closed** — the chat is over, and you can't write in it. Continue it in a new chat instead. -## Closing and Reopening +## Closing a Chat A chat closes when: - **You close it**, with **Close chat** in the message field. - **Start9 closes it**, usually once the problem is solved. Dux may close a chat it has handled alone, with a final reply. -- **Nobody writes in it for a while.** An inactive chat closes on its own, but never while you are waiting on a person or Helix is investigating. +- **Nobody writes in it for a while.** An inactive chat closes on its own, but never while you are waiting on a person or Helix is investigating. The chat says it closed due to inactivity. -If [chat transcripts](email.md) are on, a copy of a closed chat is emailed to you. +To pick a closed chat back up, choose **Continue in a new chat** at the bottom of it and write your first message. The new chat is linked to the old one, and Dux starts from its notes on the case. A chat can be continued once; after that, its link takes you to the newer chat. -To pick a closed chat back up, choose **Reopen chat** at the bottom of it. A chat closed a long time ago continues in a new chat instead, linked to the old one. +## Exporting a Chat + +**Download as a zip**, under **Export** in **Chat info**, saves the whole chat: a `chat.md` file with every message in order and Dux's notes on the case, and an `attachments` folder with the files. If the chat continues an earlier one, that chat comes along too. + +Your private notes and attachments are in a separate `private` folder. Delete that folder before you pass the zip on to anyone. diff --git a/projects/start-docs/support/src/email.md b/projects/start-docs/support/src/email.md index 7ed466d9c2..93100b8388 100644 --- a/projects/start-docs/support/src/email.md +++ b/projects/start-docs/support/src/email.md @@ -1,17 +1,15 @@ # Email -Start9 Support emails you about your chats in two ways, both on by default: a reminder when a reply goes unread, and a transcript when a chat closes. This page covers both and how to turn them off. +Start9 Support emails you a reminder when a reply goes unread. This page covers it and how to turn it off. ## Unread-Reply Reminders When a reply from Start9 has gone unread for a while, you are emailed a reminder. **Settings** says how long it waits. The reminder links to the chat; reply there, in Start9 Support. -## Chat Transcripts +Chats themselves are not emailed. To keep a copy of one, [export it](chats.md#exporting-a-chat). -When a chat closes, you are emailed a copy of it: every message with its author and time, and the names of its attachments. Private notes and attachments appear by label only. +## Turning Reminders Off -## Turning Them Off - -Each is a switch under **Email** in **Settings**: **Unread reply reminders** and **Chat transcripts**. Every reminder and transcript also carries a link that turns that kind of email off without signing in. +Reminders are a switch under **Email** in **Settings**: **Unread reply reminders**. Every reminder also carries a link that turns them off without signing in. Emails about your account — sign-up and password links, a recovered access code — are always sent. diff --git a/projects/start-docs/support/src/settings.md b/projects/start-docs/support/src/settings.md index 09d37cd351..fef5ed2d2e 100644 --- a/projects/start-docs/support/src/settings.md +++ b/projects/start-docs/support/src/settings.md @@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ This device's notifications and the **Push notifications** switch for every devi ## Email -The **Unread reply reminders** and **Chat transcripts** switches. See [Email](email.md). +The **Unread reply reminders** switch. See [Email](email.md).