Resources: hippoRENT v5: Sending Messages to Tenants

Sending a message to a tenant on a rental box is easy (provided the rental box knows their key — if you’ve entered the tenant name manually, it may take the box a few minutes to fetch it).

To send a message to a tenant, simply ...

• Click the box they’ve rented and choose “Voice Cmd” from the menu
  
  
• Type message followed by the message you wish to send. For example:
  
  message Hello there! Did you know you’ve rezzed that tree on your lawn upside down?

The message will then be sent to the tenant — and to their partner if the rental has a partner assigned.

Remember that instant messages from objects (like a rental box) appear in the Second Life chat window and that if the tenant is in busy-mode, they will miss the message.

There are some other neat tricks with this command:

• Use the -t prefix to send a message only to the tenant. e.g. message -t Ssssh, your partner’s ugly!
  
  
• Or the -p prefix to send it only to the partner; e.g. message -p Hello, sailor!
  
  

• You can also use the tags <name>, <rental> and <location> in a message and the rental box will substitute the recipient name, rental location name and Second Life location of the box respectively, saving you a little typing. E.g.:
  
  message Hello, <name>, thanks we hope you like <rental> at <location>. Pay for two more months and we’ll give you a 10% discount!

Sending a Message From a Rental Server

You can also send this command from your rental server. Simply click it, choose “Voice Command” and then type something like:

box 2 message Hello, <name>, can you pay your rent before I come for your bunny with a saucepan!

If you’re using the web-enabled version of hippoRENT, you can sign-up for hippoGROUPS and open up many more advanced possibilities for sending messages to tenants — including attachments if you wish.