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Staying on Top of New Messages from Customers

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Timely responses are critical in customer support. SparrowDesk offers multiple ways to help agents and teams stay informed when new messages arrive, so nothing slips through the cracks.

In-Inbox Notifications

Inside the Inbox, agents receive real-time alerts through:

Notification Sounds

  • When a new conversation is received, a distinct sound is played.
  • When a new message is received in an existing conversation, a different sound is used.

This allows agents to easily distinguish between new conversations and updates on ongoing ones.

Browser Tab Title Updates

  • The page title dynamically updates to reflect unread activity.
  • For example, if there are 5 unread messages across different conversations, the title will show: 5 new conversations

Email Notifications

SparrowDesk also supports email alerts for different stages of the conversation lifecycle — such as assignment, replies, mentions, etc. These settings are customizable and covered in a separate article.

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Workflow-Based Alerts (Slack, Webhooks)

To stay in sync with your tools and team workflows, you can also:

  • Create Workflows that send messages to Slack when new conversations come in or when other key events occur, using Send HTTP Request action
  • Use Send Email action to send updates to agents.

These are especially useful for cross-functional teams who use Slack or internal dashboards for collaboration.



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