Messaging and Conversations > Viewing Conversations

MentorNet provides an easy-to-use interface that allows users to send private messages to each other and to keep track of these messages within 'conversations'. The interface is similar to many social-networking applications.

A message counter is visible at the top of the screen to show whether there are any unread messages.

To view your conversations:

1.	Either click on the Conversations menu on the left side of the screen, or click on the Messages icon at the top right of the screen:

2.	Either action displays a list of all conversations you have. A conversation is a series of messages between you and another user. For each conversation, you can see the most recent message and the date/time it was sent. Notes:

▪	You can have only one conversation with another user - all new messages are added to the one conversation.

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Your administrator defines who you are able to send messages to. All users can always send a message to the administrator, and the administrator can always send messages to all users. A typical set up is that mentees can only message their mentor, and mentors are able to message their mentees and other mentors.

3.	From here, you can:

▪	Send a message to a new recipient. See Sending a New Message for more information.

▪	Reply to a message from someone else. See Replying to a Conversation for more information.