You can send a message to any Groove contact. Your messages can include audio recordings, file attachments, and Web address (URL) references. If Groove recognizes contacts listed in your contact list as also being Messenger contacts, you can start Messenger activities with these contacts from Groove.

Starting a new Groove message

Do any of the following to open a Send Message window:

• On the Options menu, click Send Message.
• On the Options menu, click Send Message to Membersto automatically address a message to all members of the currently selected workspace.
• From Message History, click New Message icon.
• Right-click one or more contact names and select Send Message.

 Note   If your selection includes at least one email contact, your email client will open instead of the Send Message dialog box, with the email addresses of all selected contacts listed in the To: field.

• Press Shift-Shift.

If you already have a message alert in your system tray, pressing Shift-Shift opens the message, not the Send Message dialog box.

 Note    Some users prefer to disable the Shift-Shift keyboard shortcut.

Addressing a message

Complete addressing information (if not already complete) as follows:

• From. The "From" text box automatically contains your default Groove display name (identity). If you've created additional identities in your Groove account, you can select a different one from the drop-down list. You create new Groove identities on the Identities panel of the Preference dialog box.
• To. The "To" drop-down menu includes all currently "known" Groove contacts: this includes Groove contacts you've added to your contact list in the Launchbar, as well as any Groove contacts who are members in one of your workspaces. Click More to open the Add Recipients dialog box in which you can search for and add other contacts.

Adding message content

You can add text with rich-text features, add audio and attach files to a Groove message.

• Message. Type the message text. Right-click to see formatting options. Click Check Spelling to check spelling in the text editor.
• Audio features. Click the record button to add an audio message. Click the playback button to play back the message you record. Click the delete button to delete an audio message.
• File button. Click to browse and select files to attach and send with the message. The name and size (in bytes) of files you select displays in the Attachments list box.

 Note   The total size of all attachments in one message may not exceed 25 MB.

Sending the message

Click Send to send the message. Groove posts alerts (described in the table below) to inform you about the progress of the message delivery for Groove recipients.

 Note   Groove does not post these delivery alerts for Communicator recipients.