Joomla - Private Messages & Emails

Private Messages

The private messaging system is used to send a message to another user without having to email all the registered users. You should have the required permissions to send, read, write, and delete the private messages. The following steps describe how to send private messages through Joomla.

Create a Private Message

To create and send a private message, you need to follow below steps:

Step 1

First, log in to your Joomla account and navigate to the "Components - Messaging - New Private Message" from the Joomla Taskbar.

Step 2

You will be redirected into the window where you will get the following fields:

It will look like the following image:

All these fields are mandatory to create a message.

Step 3

Click on the "Send" button from the toolbar to send the message to the selected recipient. If you do not want to send a message and want to go back to the previous screen, then click on the "Cancel" button.

Check Private Message

To check a private message, you are required to click on the "Components - Messaging" from the Joomla Taskbar. You will see a list of all the private messages. You need to click on the subject of the message to read the particular message. You can also use the toolbar to perform the following options:

Emails

Email (also known as Electronic Mail) is the method of exchanging messages between people using electronic devices. Joomla provides an option to send bulk emails to a group of registered users.

Mass Emailing

Check out the steps below to understand how to send mass emails in Joomla:

Step 1

Click on the "Users - Mass Mail Users" from the Joomla Taskbar.

Step 2

After following the above step, you will get the window, as shown below:

This window contains the following options:

Subject	It is used to specify the subject of your email.
Message	It is used to add the content of the mail. You can write either in plain text or in HTML format.
Mail to Child User Groups	If you select this option, your email will be sent to all child groups of the specified parent group.
Send in HTML Mode	It is used to send an email in HTML mode.
Send to Disabled Users	If you select this option, your email will be sent to disabled users.
Recipients as BCC	It is used to hide the recipient list so that the details of other users will be confidential.
Group	It is used to specify the user groups to whom you want to send the email.

After filling all the details, click on the "Send email" button from the Joomla Toolbar. You can click on the "Cancel" button if you want to go back to the previous screen.

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