Discussions
Discussion areas allow you make public comments for others to read and possibly reply with a Follow Up message if they have something relevant to add. Others might then reply to your original message or one of the Follow Ups to your original message. A message and all the Follow Up replies related to it is often referred to as a message thread.

Menu Area
The commands on the Menu bar allow you to navigate the discussion area. The Create New Message command scrolls the window to the "Post A Message" area of the Discussion page. The Help command displays this page.

Messages
The Messages area of the Discussion page contains a list of messages that have been posted to this discussion and any Follow Up replies that have been made to that message. In order to read a message or a Follow Up reply click on one of the underlined messages.

Post A Message
The Post A Message area of the Discussion page is where you enter the message you want to post. In order to post a new message fill out the fields of the form and click the Post Message button in order to send it. You will be notified when your message has been received and added to the discussion. You will be given a chance to either read the newly created message or return to the Discussion Page.  If you return to the Discussion page you will notice that your message has been added and as such a new thread has been started.

Name is you name or call name.

E-Mail is your e-mail address. This field is optional if you don't want anyone to know it leave it empty.

Subject is the title of the message. This is what the message will be listed by in the Discussion page.

Message is where you type in the message.

Optional Link URL is where you can enter the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of a web page you would like to include as a hyperlink in the message. A URL refers to a server and page on your intranet or internet.

Link Title is the underlined text that will be placed in the message to refer to the Link URL. This is the name of the Hyper Link.

Optional Image URL is where you can enter the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of a graphic you would like to include in the message. A URL refers to a server and page on your intranet or internet.