These permissions make up the Communication group within a role's permissions, and they control general access to email and SMS (text) actions in the system. To review or edit them, go to Settings & Tools (cog icon in the tool-bar) > Security > Roles, open a role, and select the Permissions tab. You'll find these options under the Communication section.
Important: any non-guest user can send an email from within the email tools.
SMS permissions
Limited SMS
Can send out SMS messages to individual numbers and in bulk.
Can view the list of SMS keywords.
Full SMS
Users with this permission also have the Limited SMS permission.
Can add, edit, and delete SMS keywords.
Can view logs of incoming and outgoing SMS messages.
Can view scheduled text messages for other users.
Full Read SMS Logs
Can see texts not sent by them.
Email permissions
Limited Email
Can send out email messages in bulk from the People Query Builder.
Full Email
Users with this permission also have the Limited Email permission.
Can send out email messages on behalf of another person. This only controls the "From Name" and "Reply To" email addresses. The actual email will still be sent from a onechurchsoftware.com domain.
Can view scheduled emails for other users.
Full Read Email Logs
Can see emails not sent by them.
Push notification permissions
Push Notifications
Can send and schedule mobile push notifications.