Sharing Emails via Streams
In the Mail module, you can enable the Streams Comments dialog as a popover or have it below the email detail view. When it's enabled as a popover, use the steps below to share an email with a colleague or a group:
- Navigate to the Mail module.
- Click open the email you want to share.
- Click the Share in Streams icon from the email's detailed view.
- Click the Add or View Invitees icon.
- In the Invitees popup, choose from the list of suggestions or search and select the contact or the group with whom you want to share the email.
- Click Invite.
Alternatively, if Streams Comments is disabled as a popover, you'll find it below the email detail view. You can follow the same procedure from step three to share the email.
Notes:
- If you want to prevent invitees from adding other contacts or groups to the email (or other elements such as notes or tasks) you've shared via Streams, click the Refuse Other Invitees icon.
- Check the Include Others in This Conversation option to add the sender and the primary and secondary recipients to the Streams conversation.
Sharing Tasks via Streams
To share a private task with a colleague or a group:
- Navigate to the Tasks module.
- Click open the task you want to share.
- Go to the Streams Comments dialog below the task detail view.
- Click the Add or View Invitees icon.
- In the Invitees pop-up, choose from the list of suggestions, or search and select the contact or the group with whom you want to share the email.
- Click Invite.
Sharing Notes via Streams
To share a personal note with a colleague or a group:
- Navigate to the Notes module.
- Click open the note you want to share.
- Click the Comment icon in the top-right corner of the Notes Editor.
- Click the Add or View Invitees icon.
- In the Invitees pop-up, choose from the list of suggestions, or search and select the contact or the group with whom you want to share the email.
- Click Invite.
Interacting with Streams Elements
In addition to sharing your emails, notes, and tasks, you can interact with the Streams elements by commenting, replying to comments, liking comments, @mentioning, attaching files, adding emojis, and removing/refusing other invitees.
Like
When you like Streams elements such as emails, notes, tasks, events, messages, or bookmarks, you show your approval or your interest. To do so, click the Like icon in the top-right corner of the Streams Comments popover.
Note: To undo the like action, simply click the icon again. To comment on any Streams by you or others:
- Navigate to the Streams Comments dialog.
- Type your comment in the comment textbox.
- Click the Comment icon.
Note: When the comment textbox does not have any text, the Comment icon will be greyed out. To reply to a comment:
- Hover over the comment to which you want to reply.
- Click the Reply icon.
- Type your reply in the comment textbox.
- Click the Comment icon.
To reply privately to a comment:
- Hover over the comment to which you want to reply privately.
- Click the More Options icon.
- Select Reply Privately from the menu list.
- Type your private reply in the comment textbox.
- Click the Comment icon.
To like a comment:
- Hover over the comment you want to like.
- Click the Like icon.
@mention
You can tag a team member in the Streams comments by @mentioning them. This is also another way to add them as an invitee to view an email, note, or task.
Attach Files
To attach files in your comments:
- Click the Attach File icon in the comment textbox.
- In the dialog that opens, browse the attachment from your local device and click Open.
- Type any comments, if required, in the comment textbox.
- Click the Comment icon.
Note: The maximum file size permitted per comment is 10 MB. Remove Invitees
To remove invitees and unshare a Streams element:
- Click the Add or View Invitees icon.
- In the Invitees pop-up, click the Uninvite icon of the users you want to revoke access to view the email, note, or task.
Refuse Other Invitees
You can prevent users that you've invited to view an email, note, or task from adding other users. To do so, click the Refuse Other Invitees icon in the top-right corner of the Streams Comments popover.
Notifying About Streams Activities
You'll be notified of the following Streams activities through In-App Notifications indicated by the Bell icon in the app toolbar:
- When a user shares an email, note, or task with you by adding you as an invitee
- When a user shares an email draft
- When a user likes your post
- When a user comments on your post
- When a user likes your comment
- When a user replies to your comment
- When a user @mentions you in a comment
- When a user updates a post (email/note/task/event/message/bookmark)
- When a user adds or removes invitees from a post
- When a user adds or removes members from the Streams Group
The number of unread notifications will also be listed on the Bell icon. To view these notifications:
- Click the Bell icon in the top-right corner of the app toolbar.
- Select the notification to view and act on it right away.