How do I send a message?
Answer:
To send a message on Idealist, you must be an Idealist member. To sign up, go here.
The messaging system on Idealist allows you to send messages to other Idealist members with personal profiles. You cannot send messages to outside email addresses or receive email from outside addresses. In order to prevent abuse of this system, you can only send ten messages a day.
If you wish to contact an Idealist member who you have not contacted before, you must first find their personal profile:
- Login to your Member account by going to our homepage and filling in your login information in the Member Login field on the right side of the screen.
- Once you have logged in to your account, you will see your Control Panel. In the box titled "Tools to connect with other people," on the right, click "Find People."
- On the next screen you can specify who you are looking for by searching by location, language, interests, etc. You do not have to fill out every field.
- Click "Search."
- On the next screen you can browse through the results. Click the name of the Idealist member you wish to contact.
- You will now see that member’s personal profile. At the top of their profile, click "Send this user a message."
- This will take you to a blank message with that member’s contact information.
If you want to send a message to someone you have contacted already, do the following:
- Login to your Member account by going to our homepage and filling in your login information in the Member Login field on the right side of the screen.
- Once you have logged in to your account, you will see your Control Panel. On the top right corner of the page is a box titled "Your Mailbox." Click "Inbox."
- On the next screen, click "New Message" in the box titled "Mailbox" in the top right corner of the page.
- On the next screen is the message form. Select the name of the Member you wish to contact in the pull down menu next to "To."
