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# Send Chatter Messages

In Salesforce Classic, to communicate privately, use Chatter messages.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Salesforce Classic</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Group</strong>, <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, <strong>Contact Manager</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

To send a Chatter message:

1. Start the message from one of these locations:
    
    - Click the **Messages** link on the Chatter tab, then click **New Message** in My Messages.
    - Open a person's profile by clicking their name anywhere in Chatter, and then click **Send a message**.
    - Click **Send a message** on a person's hover.
    - When viewing the full message history of a conversation, use the text box under the most recent message to send a reply.
    - If email replies to Chatter are enabled, when you view an email notification about a message you've received, you can reply to the email.
    
    Sharing a file with people is another way to send a Chatter message. When you share a file, recipients automatically receive a notification about the shared file, with any other information that you provided.
2. If you started in the Send a Message dialog box, you can add people's names to the recipient list. Type a name in the **To** field, and select the name by clicking it. Add more people to the conversation by entering more names.
    
    If you're replying within a conversation or via email, the conversation participants can't be changed.
3. Write your message. Messages can be up to 10,000 characters.
4. Submit your message using the appropriate method:
    - In the Send a Message dialog box, click **Send**.
    - If you're replying within a conversation, click **Reply** (or **Reply All** if the conversation involves multiple recipients).
    - If you're replying via email, use the Send option in your email application.

If your message continues an existing conversation, your reply is added to the conversation and appears at the top of the list in My Messages. If your message starts a conversation with a unique combination of recipients, it appears as a new conversation at the top of the My Messages list.

#### See Also

- [Reply to Chatter Email Notifications](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.collab_email_reply.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "When you receive certain email notifications, you can conveniently perform some actions by replying directly from your email.")