Create a discussion forum

Encourage project members to work together by creating discussion forums to which project members with the appropriate permissions can post messages.

1. Click Discussions in the project navigation bar.
2. On the Forum Summary page, click Create.
3. On the Create Discussion Forum page, enter a title and description for the forum.
4. To make it a private discussion forum, set the Type as "Private".
   Note: Private discussion forums restrict any one without specific access permissions from posting into the forum.
   Tip: You may want to have some feature enhancement discussions with only the core team in your project. Create a private discussion forum and choose who gets access to view or post to the forum.
5. To set up a mailing list, select Enable Mailing List.
   1. Provide a name for the mailing list.
      Note: The mailing list name must be unique within a project.
   2. Choose how replies to posts are handled by setting the Reply Behavior.
      Tip: There are four options:
      

      • Reply to sender - To reply to the sender or originator of the email.
      • Reply to the list - To reply to the email address of the discussion. All subscribers receive the post. This option appears selected, by default.
      • Reply to a different email - To specify an alternate email address to capture replies.
      • Do not add a reply - No reply is allowed.
   3. Specify a prefix for the subject lines of messages from this list. This can help users sort their incoming messages, if they are subscribed to multiple lists.
   4. Under Footer Text, provide any information you want to show up at the bottom of each email that subscribers receive. For example, you may want to offer useful web locations or email addresses.
6. To make this a moderated forum, select Enable Moderation.
   1. Click the User Picker icon to add moderators. You can select more than one moderator for a discussion forum. If you have enabled moderation, you must have at least one moderator.
      Note: You can select the inherited project members also from the list.
   2. On the Find a User page, select the required moderators, click Add and click OK.
   3. Click the User Picker icon to add trusted users. The posts made by trusted users do not need the moderator's approval.
   4. On the Find a User page, select the trusted users, click Add and click OK.
7. On the Create Discussion Forum page, click Save.