  About conferences
A conference lets a number of users exchange information online. You can send a message to a conference just as you would send a message to another user. You can also open a conference and read the messages posted there by others. A conference is flagged when it contains unread mail.
Conferences are created by your administrator. They appear on the conferences tab; this tab is named by your administrator.
If you only have access to one conference, you will see a list of that conference's contents. If you have access to multiple conferences, you can open them from the conferences tab. In either case, if there are subcontainers within the main conference, you can open them from the conferences tab.
What you can do in conferences
Your administrator determines what you can do in a conference.
For example, you may only be able to read messages in a conference that covers personnel policies, but be able to send messages to a conference that deals with a project that you are working on. In this case, the personnel conference serves as a way to broadcast information. The project conference lets everyone involved in the project discuss it.
About messages in italics
A conference may be moderated. This means that you cannot read all messages sent to the conference, or messages with attachments, until a moderator opens and approves them. Unapproved messages appear in italics in the list of conference items.
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