Esri Community’s Tools & Tips series provides a power-packed serving of “How-To” every month. These micro-sized guides make it easy to level up your platform knowledge and get more out of Esri Community.
The value: Direct Messaging another member, allows you to with other members by taking a conversation offline for a more personal interaction.
in the top left corner of Esri Community. This will open up your Inbox. Click on the other ‘envelope’ icon
beside the ‘Inbox’ dropdown on the right-hand side of the screen. This will open the ‘Create New Message’ form. In the ‘Send to’ field, type or search for the member’s username(s).
Optionally, check ’Send as Broadcast Message’ if it is being sent to multiple members and you’d like the message to be sent out individually to each member.
From here, fill out the ‘Message Subject’ and ‘Message Body’. Once you have finished composing the message, click the ‘Send Message’ Button at the bottom of the form.
The message will be sent to the recipient(s). If the user is subscribed to automated Community emails in their email settings, an email will be sent to the recipient notifying them of the message as well as a notification on the envelope button
in the top left corner of Esri Community.
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Keep in mind: If a user has turned off email notifications, unsubscribed to automated community emails, may only see the notification when checking their notification feed.