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Appwrite Messaging helps you communicate with your users through push notifications, emails, and SMS text messages.
Sending personalized communication for marketing, updates, and realtime alerts can increase user engagement and retention.
You can also use Appwrite Messaging to implement security checks and custom authentication flows.

![Messaging overview](/images/docs/messaging/message-overview.avif)

Explore what you can build with Appwrite Messaging.

- [Emails](/docs/products/messaging/send-email-messages): Send newsletters, invoices, promotions and other emails.
- [SMS messages](/docs/products/messaging/send-sms-messages): Send SMS messages straight to your user's phone.
- [Push notifications](/docs/products/messaging/send-push-notifications): Send push notifications to your user's devices.