Role Notify - in Drupal Module

I needed a functionality in Drupal that handles the notifications for users based on role on new content in the website, so I looked around and considered Notifications Module which is great, but adds much more than I really need for a simply notify module.

Role Notify is a light-weight module to work as an alternative module for simple notifications. It basically helps you notify all registered users of a selected role when a new content is published in the site.

Notifications can be selective with different settings on each content type. Users can choose whether to notify on the node level.

Features

• Per content type notification
• Per node notification
• Per role notification
• Token module support
• Handy role permissions administration
• Future release will extend this module to work with publishing workflows.

Difference to Rules Module

Rules module does help in a generic way. Role notify lets you choose whether you want to notify on a node and and not to notify on another from the same type. Also you can choose which role to notify on each node.