Everything in one place, nothing to hunt for
Four kinds of thing arrive in one inbox: notifications, direct messages, announcements and system alerts. The list can be filtered and searched, and the count of what is still unread comes with it. Only a message can be replied to.
The pages below cover the inbox one task at a time: reading it, starting a new conversation, and replying to a message inside it.
Features in this area
- Clearing out what you have dealt with
Take finished notices out of the inbox. Removing a message thread only takes it out of your list; it stays exactly as it was for everybody else.
- Every notice in one list
Notifications, system alerts and message threads arrive in one list in time order, with a single unread count that covers all of them at once.
- Read and unread, on your terms
Put a notice back to unread so it catches your eye later, or clear the whole inbox in one press when the count has stopped meaning anything.
- The notice you must not lose
Pin anything in the inbox you need to keep hold of. Pinned items get a tab of their own, and they also carry a small pin marker in the main list.
- Read it and answer it in one place
Answer from the same place you read the message rather than going somewhere else. Replying is available for messages, and for nothing else at all.
- Open one notice and read it in full
Choosing a notice from the list opens its full text beside the list, and opening it is what marks it read and brings the unread count down too.
- One list instead of four places
Notifications, messages, announcements and system alerts arrive in a single list that can be narrowed by kind, by state or by how urgent it is.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of thing arrive in the inbox?
Four: notifications, direct messages, announcements and system alerts, all in the same single list.
Can everything be replied to?
No. Replying is for messages only, and trying to reply to anything else is turned away.
Can somebody else's inbox be read?
No. The list is built from the identity and the role of the person making the request itself.
See how it works for your institution
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