A conference is a discussion group committed to a particular area of interest. Conferences are organized into numbered categories called topics . A reply can be submitted in response to a topic or any other reply. Topics and replies together are called notes . There are two types of conferences.
Public conferences are open to all users.
Restricted conferences require permission from the conference moderator to participate. A list of conferences in your notebook, including the number of unseen notes in each conference, is displayed. Before you can access a conference, it must be in your notebook. Your note will be given the next available topic number. The title of your note will be the title for the topic.