If the forum also works as a mailing list, you can create a forum topic by sending an
email message to the forum. You can also reply to a post by replying to the email.
If the forum is moderated, you must have posting permission. Contact the forum
moderator.
The forum's email address, if it has one, appears on the
Topic
Summary page.
Tip: If a forum is not set up to work as a mailing list, you
can still get posts by email when you monitor the forum. See
Monitor many items.
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Click Discussions in the project navigation bar.
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On the Forum Summary page, click the forum in which you want to create
a topic.
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On the Topic Summary page, find the email address in the
Mailing List field. Send your email message to that address.
CollabNet
TeamForge maps your email to the forum topic like
this:
| Email Field |
Forum Topic field |
| To |
Forum email address |
| Subject |
Title of forum topic |
| Body |
Text of forum topic |
| Attachments |
Attachments |
Emails from the forum can be read in RTF (Rich Text Format) or HTML format. The format of the message
is delivered as an attachment to the post. Embedded attachments, such as text or images, are
also delivered.
A message to a moderated discussion forum is held until a moderator acts on it. (Except if it
is from a trusted user. These messages don't require moderation.)
In a moderated discussion forum, if you add other addresses in the cc: field of your email,
those addresses get your email only after the moderator approves the message.