Messages

Introduction

Messages is an application that allows users to communicate with one another in Garoon. Only users who are added to the recipient list can participate in the conversation.
The system administrator can see all messages in the system administration screen.

Display Overview

This section describes sample screenshots, buttons, and icons used in Messages.

Messages Screen

This screen displays a list of messages. Unread messages are highlighted in yellow.

Messages screen:

Parts

No.	Part	Description
1	Compose Messages	Creates and sends a message.
2	Add folder	Adds a folder.
	Reorder folders	Reorders subfolders.
	Folder details	Displays the Folder details screen for the folder.
3	Options	Unacknowledged Messages: Displays unacknowledged messages for which you have not clicked "Acknowledge". Delete all: Deletes all messages in the selected folder.
4	Messages search	Searches messages using keywords.
4	Advanced search	Searches messages with additional search options.
4	Search	Searches messages using keywords.
5	Status	Unacknowledged: Indicates unacknowledged messages. Acknowledgment: Click to check whether the message has been acknowledged by recipients. (Stopping notification): Indicates that update notification is stopped. nn KB： Indicates the size of the attachment to a draft message.
6		Indicates that edit notification is set for this folder.
7	Message title	Displays the "Message details" screen.
8	Delete	Deletes the selected message.
8	Move	Moves the selected message to the specified folder.

Title icons

Icon	Description
	Received message
	Sent message
	Message with one or more unread comments
	Message with one or more attachments

Messages Details Screen

You can edit the text of message or add a comment on this screen. Unread body text and comments are highlighted in yellow.

Messages details screen :

Parts

No.	Part		Description
1	Edit		Edits the message body and the recipients. This item is displayed only for the users who are selected as maintainers for the message.
1	Change To
2	Attachments		Displays all attachments to the topic and to its comments.
3	Reuse		Compose a new message using the body and recipients of the current message. You cannot reuse a draft message.
4	Delete		Deletes a message.
5	Options	Share in new space	Adds a new space by setting the recipients of the current message to space members.
		Compose more Messages	Compose a new message reusing only the recipients and maintainers of the current message. You cannot reuse a draft message.
		Forward by e-mail¹	Compose a new e-mail using the title, body, and attachments of the current message. The body of the message in HTML format is stripped to plain text. The e-mail addresses of the users who are set as recipients of the message are automatically entered in the "To" field of the new e-mail. "Sending E-mails"
		Save as file	Saves the message as a text file. You cannot save a draft message as a file.
6	Stop receiving notifications		Cancels update notifications. Click "Edit notification" to resume update notifications.
7	Recipients		Indicates the number of recipients and their details. Click "Show" to display hidden recipients. To display the "recipients details" screen, click "Details" in the recipients area.
8	Attachments		Displays the details of attachments to the current message.
9	Acknowledgment status		This is displayed only by messages that requests acknowledgment.
10	Comments details		One of the following will be displayed: Writing status: Displays the date and the contents of comments written by recipients and maintainers Users who delete the message are displayed in gray. Acknowledgment status: Displayed only when the message requests acknowledgment. You can confirm whether recipients have clicked "Acknowledge". Writing status is not displayed when the message requests acknowledgment.
11	Delete²		Deletes a comment. You can delete only the comments that you created.
12	>>(Number)		This is an anchor link. When you click this item, the screen will move to the comment with the indicated comment number.
13	Reply²		Posts a reply to the comment. An anchor link that consists of ">>" and the comment number is automatically applied to the posted reply.
13	Permalink²		Displays a URL of the comment when clicked. Pasting permalinks is useful for referring to this comment from other discussions or memos.

¹:"Forward by e-mail" is not displayed in the following cases:

Your e-mail account is not set up yet.
Your e-mail account is inactivated.
E-mail function is disabled by your system administrator.

²:Appears when you hover the cursor over a comment.