Open a message in a discussion group
To open any of the messages listed in the contents frame:
- Click on the underlined message title in the Topic columnthe message will appear in the contents frame on the right.
To view all messages posted to the discussion:
- Click the Read all link in the menu frameall messages will appear in the contents frame on the right.
- Click on the Reply link at the top of the message frame, as shown below, to respond to a message.
- Click the Previous or Next link to display the previous message or the next message (if available) in the discussion thread.
Message hierarchy
The contents frame will display the Topic, Date and From whom the message was posted. The image below shows the message hierarchy:
The messages posted are organised in the following manner:
- The topic titles on the far left of the frame are original topic threads posted by a discussion group member.
- Indented topics with or without the Re: prefix are replies to the original topic thread (a reply without the Re: prefix indicates that the respondent changed the topic title)this is called a discussion thread.
Open an attachment
If a message has a file attached, you will see a link to the file at the bottom of the message frame, as shown below:
- Click the link to see the file details, as shown below:
- Click the Download this file link.
You will be prompted to open or save the file:
- Click Open to open the document.
- Click Save to save the document to disk.
- Click Cancel to quit the operation.