This article outlines the process of contacting an author of a Discussions post by email. Typically, the email option is only available for instructors or site owners.
Note: This email reply option sends a message to the author's external email address. It does not use the internal Messages tool to send the message.
Select Discussions.
![Select Discussions](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/164/164/original/6676842a-234f-4626-bdce-6ee3f28bdccd.png)
Select Discussions from the site Tool Menu.
Select a forum.
![Select a forum](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/164/166/original/a4a78a6d-0ec5-4e5d-ad5a-757dc48376f5.png)
Select the title of a forum.
Select the Topic within the Forum.
This is an example of a Topic. Select the Topic to view conversations posted to that topic.