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 Followup Message command scrolls the window to the "Post Followup Message" area of the Discussion page. The Return To Discussion command takes you back  to the Discussion page The Help command displays this page.

Message Area
The Message Area is where you read the message that you clicked on in the Discussion Page. 

Post Followup  Message
The Post Follow Up Message area of the Message  page is where you enter the message you want to post as a Follow Up to the message in the Message Area. In order to post a follow up message fill out the fields of the form and click the Submit Follow Up button in order to send it. You will be notified when your follow up 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 to the message in the Message Area as a follow up message.

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.