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Viewing News Channels

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About News Channels

News channels are forums for posting and sharing information. You subscribe to news channels of interest in order to see updates. The information in a news channel can be published automatically through a URL. A user with the Administrator’s privilege can control channel access by assigning users to the channels they need, and determining who can see or post information to the channels.

If you have subscribed to the Alerts channel, the alert messages that you receive appear in the News Channels window under the Alerts tab.

News channels are available for viewing on a subscription basis. There are two ways in which you can be subscribed to a news channel:

See Subscribing and Unsubscribing to News Channels for more information about the subscription process.

Once you are subscribed, a tab for each news channel appears in your News Channels window.

News Channels Window Overview

The News Channels window shows you the news channels you are subscribed to. One news channel is displayed at a time. You can loop through the news channels or automatically scroll through the news channels depending upon your preference settings. You can configure the News Channels window to open automatically when you start Instant Messenger.

When you subscribe to the Alerts channel, alerts are automatically configured to show up in the Alerts tab, in the News Channels window. Alert messages remain in the Alerts tab for the duration of your current session only. When you exit the Messenger, all messages in your Alerts tab are removed.

The title bar of the News Channels window displays the news channel name, the subject of the news channel message, and the name of the sender.

The News Channels window contains the following items:

The Tools menu in the News Window contains the following items:

News Channels Window Right-Click Pop-Up Menu

Right-click anywhere in a news channel message pane to display a pop-up menu that contains the following items:

See Also:

Administering Conferences and News Channels

To View News Channel Messages

  1. In the Main window, select News from the Tools menu.
  2. The News Channels window appears.

  3. Select the tab for the desired news channel.
  4. The first message for that channel appears in the message pane. See To Subscribe to and Unsubscribe from News Channels, to customize your News Channels window.

  5. Click the View Next Message and View Previous Message buttons to see the other messages on this channel.

The News Channels window can also be configured to scroll through all messages and news channels. See News Tab for information about configuring the scrolling properties.

To Modify News Channel Messages

Use this procedure to modify previously posted news channel messages. You need the Manage privilege to be able to modify a message.

  1. In the Main window, select News from the Tools menu.
  2. The News Channels window appears.

  3. Click the News Channel tab that contains the message to be modified.
  4. Scroll messages, if necessary, to the appropriate message.
  5. Right-click in the message pane. Select Modify Message from the pop-up menu.
  6. The “Post news message” window appears with the news channel message.

  7. Modify the content of the message and click Send.
  8. The revised message is reposted to the news channel and is available for viewing.


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