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Design messages inbox

1. On the User Networking Manager part, select the Messaging tab.
2. Select Enable Messaging.
3. On the website, user networking members can select a tab on their accounts to view the inbox. In the Display Name field, enter the name to appear for this tab. Use the default name “Messages” or enter a name more specific to your organization.
4. In the Messages per page field, enter the number of messages to appear on the inbox. If the inbox contains more messages than the amount you enter here, the inbox contains multiple pages so the user networking member can access all messages.
5. To have the program automatically check for new messages and refresh the inbox, in the Inbox Auto-Refresh field, select Enabled and enter how often, in seconds, the program refreshes the inbox. By default, when you enable automatic refresh, the program checks for messages every 30 seconds.

Warning: We recommend you set the automatic inbox refresh at an interval of 30 seconds. If you set the automatic inbox refresh to a more frequent interval, we recommend you set it to no less than 10 seconds. Depending on your website environment and configuration, an interval more frequent than every 10 seconds can result in performance issues.

6. In the Message Format field, select the format to generate messages in.
To generate messages in an HTML format, select HTML. This format supports text formatting, pictures, and links to other websites. However, not all email programs support this format.
To generate messages in a plain text format, select Text. All email programs support the plain text format. However, this format does not support text formatting or display pictures in the body text.
7. To enable users to reply to messages received from a user networking administrator, select Allow users to Reply to Administration Messages.

Note: On the Administration tab, you select the email list to receive messages sent from a user networking member to a user networking administrator. When you select Allow users to Reply to Administration Messages, the program sends reply messages from members to the selected email lists. For information about how to set up an Administrator account on your user networking site, see Administration Tab.

8. To enable users to forward messages received from a user networking administrator to other members, select Allow users to Forward Administration Messages.
9. To save the User Networking Manager part, click Save. You return to Parts.

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