Messaging

Temporary Mailbox

When task offers and requests are submitted, a temporary bitmessage contact address is generated specifically for communications relevant to that task.

This mailbox is used for manual negotiations, clarifications, and automatic contract proposals, until such time as the contract is considered complete.

Inquiries

Potential clients or service providers will want to contact the poster directly to discuss the details of a task, to clarify intentions, or to negotiate a contract and begin work.

Depending on the work involved, it may be more practical for some workers to use email or another form of instant messaging (IRC, XMPP, etc) to discuss a task on a regular basis. Before contacting a taskhive profile regarding work, check the privacy preferences of the client for which communication channels are allowed, to avoid future misunderstandings.

Inquiries are made to the temporary bitmessage mailbox generated specifically for a task offer or request. This can be done seamlessly inside the client directly from the task view screen, and later again from the mailbox menu.

There is no limit of how many inquiries can be made to the same mailbox for the same task. If a received message is considered spam (multiple offers without waiting for response, offers for unrelated services to the task, constant messaging) it is important to mark the message as spam. This will automatically add the profile to the local ignore list and leave Unsolicited feedback noting that you received spam from the profile.

Responding

Incoming messages show up in the mailbox screen and also trigger an alert on the system. After receiving a request for clarification or additional information on a task, responses can be sent directly from the mailbox message view screen.

There is no limit of how many responses can be made to the same mailbox for the same task. It is important not to abuse this however as a profile may be marked as a spammer for unsolicited or unnecessary responses, especially those unrelated to the task.