Help39:Components Messaging Write
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Components Help Screens
- Components Associations
- Components Associations Edit
- Components Associations Options
- Components Banners Banners
- Components Banners Banners Edit
- Components Banners Banners Options
- Components Banners Categories
- Components Banners Categories Edit
- Components Banners Clients
- Components Banners Clients Edit
- Components Banners Tracks
- Components Check-in Configuration
- Components Contacts Categories
- Components Contacts Categories Edit
- Components Contacts Contacts
- Components Contacts Contacts Edit
- Components Fields Field Groups
- Components Fields Field Groups Edit
- Components Finder Manage Content Maps
- Components Finder Manage Indexed Content
- Components Finder Manage Search Filters
- Components Finder Manage Search Filters Edit
- Components Installer Configuration
- Components Joomla Update
- Components Language Manager Options
- Components Menus Configuration
- Components Messages Configuration
- Components Messaging Inbox
- Components Messaging Read
- Components Messaging Write
- Components Module Manager Options
- Components Newsfeeds Categories
- Components Newsfeeds Categories Edit
- Components Newsfeeds Feeds
- Components Newsfeeds Feeds Edit
- Components Plug-in Manager Options
- Components Post installation Messages
- Components Redirect Manager
- Components Redirect Manager Edit
- Components Redirect Manager Options
- Components Search
- Components Search Manager Options
- Components Tags Manager
- Components Tags Manager Edit
- Components Tags Manager Options
- Components Template Manager Options
- Components Version History
- Components Web Links Manager Options
- Components Weblinks Categories
- Components Weblinks Categories Edit
- Components Weblinks Links
- Components Weblinks Links Edit
- Fields Fields Edit
- Users Access Levels
How to Access
Select Components → Messaging → New Private Messages from the drop-down menu on the back-end of your Joomla! installation, or click the "New" icon in the toolbar of the Read Private Messages screen.
Description
This screen lets you write and send private messages to others with the correct User Group permissions.
Screenshot
Details
- Recipient. The recipient of the message. Click on the "Select User" button to open the pop-up, and then, from the list of names, select the user to whom you wish to send the message.
- Subject. The subject of the message. Just like the subject of an email, it helps if this is a short description of the message body.
- Message. The body text of the message. Just like the body text of an email, it helps if the message is meaningful and kept relatively short.
Toolbar
At the top left you will see the toolbar:
The functions are:
- Send: Sends the message. Note that the Recipient, Subject and Message fields cannot be blank.
- Cancel. Closes the current screen and returns to the previous screen without saving any modifications you may have made.
- Help. Opens this help screen.
Related Information
- Further information about Inbox messages: Private messages - Inbox
- Further information about Reading messages: Private messages - Read