Communicate with messages and threads#

Sending messages, replying to messages, and participating in discussion threads are important ways to keep conversations active with your team.

Work with messages and threads#

Learn more about messages and threads:

Send messages - Send messages to other Mattermost users.
Reply to messages - Communicate with your team in Mattermost.
React with emojis and GIFs - Use emojis and GIFs to react to messages and to express concepts, humor, emotions, and physical gestures in your own messages.
Organize conversations with threaded discussions - An enhanced communication thread experience is available in Mattermost.
Mark messages as unread - Change messages to an unread state for easy follow-up.
Forward messages - Quickly and easily forward messages with previews.
Share links to messages - Share links to messages across channels.
Save and pin messages - Mark useful messages for easy retrieval in the future.
Set message reminders - Set reminders to follow up on messages.
Search for messages - Use search to find messages, replies, and file contents across Mattermost channels.
Schedule messages - Schedule messages to be sent in the future.

Learn more about making your messages stand out:

Format messages - Use markdown to format message content.
Set message priority - Ensure important and urgent messages stand out clearly by adding priority labels, and requesting message acknowledgements.
Mention people - Get the attention of specific people.
Share files in messages - Share videos, voice recordings, and images in your Mattermost messages.