How can i turn off notifications

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Hey mike..i was wondering also because iv been getting complaints from my Priority #s that one has gotten almost 100 texts in the past hour..

Kerry - Definitely shouldn't be sending out 100 in an hour - we're very sorry you're experiencing that. The application should send the notices out when you start/stop driving and when someone contacts you while you're driving. Would you mind answering a few questions for me:
- What device/carrier do you have?
- Are the notices the Auto-toots (e.g., I've started/stopped driving) or the Auto-Reply's ("Kerry is driving and will get back to you...")?

Thanks,
Mike

Ron - Stephen - Kerry:

Please accept my apologies for any confusion that exists surrounding auto-toots and auto-reply notifications. As you know, this is our initial beta -- and we would greatly appreciate your patience and partnership as we work through the wrinkles together.

To be clear, according to the design of the service, there are 2 scenarios in which your contacts will automatically receive notifications from ZoomSafer:

1. Auto-Toots are sent when the application starts and stops to your 3 DESIGNATED priority contacts letting them know that you have started or stopped driving. This notification is configurable -- e.g. you can send email or text (or both) -- and you can also update status on Facebook and/or Twitter if you so choose.

2. when you're driving -- ANYONE who attempts to contact you by "phone" or "text" will receive an automatic reply from the service letting them know that you're driving and that you will get back to them when you reach your destination safely. In the event someone sends you an "email" while you are driving the service DOES NOT send them an auto reply.

I do understand that the notifications could be annoying -- therefore, in order to minimize the number of notifications that your designated priority contacts receive you could log-in to www.myzoomsafer.com and go to the "notification tab" on your dashboard and make sure you have "email" OR "SMS" checked -- but NOT both. This will cut the number of notifications immediately by 50%.

ALSO PLEASE NOTE: If you manually activate the app on your phone -- e.g. turn it "on" and "off" -- even though you;re not driving -- the service "thinks" you are driving and will send an auto-toot to your priority contacts.

Finally, this is exactly the type of feedback we're looking for from our beta users. We are grateful to hear what you think and we will learn quickly from this feedback to modify the service accordingly.

I hope that is helpful.

Please contact me directly at matt@zoomsafer.com if you would like me to walk you through the service.

Thanks Matt. My opinion, an auto-toot is not needed. My priority contacts only need to be notified that I'm driving IF they try to contact me. My friends have forwarded me the SMS text messages for both responses ... that I'm driving and that I'm a passenger while I was at home on my couch. I wasn't aware that by activating the software to test it, it would stop my calls from coming in even if I was not driving. I am a Verizon BB Curve user, so now that makes sense.

Either way, I don't see any value to the auto-toot at all.

hey ron any idea where the red box that says at-least 1 notification is required will be gone. I no its in beta and honestly i think this is by far one of the best betas i have demoed. but we all know that there will be problems with something. as much as i loved the program i temp took it off my phone as the notifications where driving my priority as well as facebook(found where to click it off) problems. otherwise i would like to extend my WOW in that you guys/girls did an amazing job in making this app and expect nothing less from a company like yours.

ahhh. ... I see from this thread that I do not need to manually turn the app on and off every time I get into the car. It automatically senses the speed ?
ahh...that explains the extra notifications my contacts were getting at the time.!!! (I have since done a temp fix for that by routing those notifications to an email address we don't use for now)

thanks !!!

Ok i Will check back later today. i just checked and it still says you need atleast one method of notification.

FYI thanks for such the fast responses. i wish all companies were like your establishment.

Morning, Kerry - we need to a little bit of development on our side and then re-publish the website. You'll need to go back into your myzoomsafer.com profile and uncheck the boxes after that. I'll be posting an announcement later this morning telling people when to expect it.

Thanks again,
Mike

I apologize if this has been said before, but i think contacts should only be notified if they try to reach the person driving with an auto reply.

The auto-toots are so annoying, but I will eagerly await for the update so this will go away ;-)

Hi Shari:

No apologies necessary. Please keep the feedback coming.

We're working quickly to make auto-toot notifications purely optional. Hope to have something quickly.

Thanks.

Wanted everyone to know that Beta Release 1.5 is here! All notifications that are described in this thread are optional. In the new registration process, you'll be asked to choose what you want to Auto-Reply to (Phone Calls, Text Messages, Emails). For the "Auto-Toot" start/stop driving notifications, the default from registration is that they are "off". If you'd like to use them, log on to http://www.myzoomsafer.com and go to Preferences/Start Stop.

Safe Driving,
Mike