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Secure Messages are text only, thus no attachments are provided. Maximum length of a Secure Message is 160 characters.

How does a Secure Message Messages work?

When a user chooses to send a Secure Message, it triggers an HTTPS POST request in his client towards PrivateServer which plays a "store-and-forward" role. If recipient is online, Secure Message is immediately delivered. Otherwise it is stored temporarily in PrivateServer up to 3 days before expiring: as soon as the recipient pops up online, PrivateServer delivers the Secure Message.

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As you can see in History when you look at the screenshots presented as "Example of contact's history event" at the bottom of the Contact's History view, there's a text field you can use to type a new message, like the ones shown below:

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Typing a new Secure Message in history view (iPhone)Typing a new Secure Message in history view (Android)
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Please note that by convention, your outgoing communications are placed on the right side of the screen, while the incoming ones by the chosen contact are placed on the left of the screen.

"Send" buttonPlatform
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You can send your new message pressing the proper "Send" button in the User interface if you're on Android or iPhone, else on BlackBerry you just use the "Enter" key in your keyboard.

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So you can now type your message, just as in 

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Receive

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Secure

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Messages

Obviously a Secure Message Messages can be received as it can be sent. In When this is the case a , then one specific notification is raised by PrivateGSM using system's notifications.

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