Messages

A message is either the initial posting that begins a new discussion or thread within a discussion, a reply to the original posting, or a reply to a reply.

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Posting a New Message
Replying to a Message

Posting a New Message

To post a new message to begin a discussion or thread:

Perform one of the following:

From the Discussions application view page, click in theNew button, and from the drop-down menu click Message.
The Message Editor appears.
From the Discussions portlet, select Messages from the Discussions/Messages selector drop-down list, then clickNew.
The Message Editor appears.
From the Discussion Explorer portlet, make sure you are viewing the list of messages (instead of discussions), then in the toolbar, click .

If you chose to post a message from the Discussions portlet, select the project and discussion to which you want to post the message. The message that you post appears as a top-level message in the discussion.

Type no more than 100 characters in the Subject text box.
Optional. Click Attach Documents or Upload New Documents to attach or upload a document to the message. Attachments are stored in the root folder of the project.
Type no more than 16,000 characters in the Message Body text box. Use the formatting options in the text editor's tool bar to format your reply. To learn more about the formatting toolbar, see Message Editor Toolbar.
Click Finish.

Replying to a Message

To reply to a message:

Perform one of the following:

From the Discussions portlet, select Messages from the Discussions/Messages selector drop-down list. Select the message to which you want to reply, then click Reply.
The Reply to Message dialog box appears.
From the Discussions application view page, click the discussion that contains the message to which you want to reply. In the table pane, select the message to which you want to reply, click Reply, and from the drop-down menu click Message.
The Reply to Message dialog box appears.
From the Discussion Explorer portlet, make sure you are viewing the list of messages (instead of discussions), select the message to which you want to reply, then in the toolbar, click .
The Reply to Message dialog box appears.
From the Discussion Explorer portlet, click the message you want to which you want to reply to display the thread hierarchy view, then click .
The Reply to Message dialog box appears.

Optional. Edit the subject of your reply. Type no more than 100 characters in the Subject text box.

Optional. Click Attach Documents or Upload New Documents to attach or upload a document to the message. Attachments are stored in the root folder of the project.
Optional. In the body of your reply, click Include previous message to include the text of the message to which you are responding.
In the Message Body text box, type your reply. Use the formatting options in the text editor's tool bar to format your reply. To learn more about the formatting toolbar, see Message Editor Toolbar.

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From the Discussions application view page, click in theNew button and, from the drop-down menu, click Message; or select a message, then click Reply.
From the Discussions portlet, select Messages from the Discussions/Messages selector drop-down list, then clickNew; or select Messages from the Discussions/Messages selector drop-down list, select a message, then click Reply.
From the Discussion Explorer portlet, make sure you are viewing the list of messages (instead of discussions), click ; or select a message, then click Reply.