They can be totally open to the public. They can be moderated, requiring messages to be reviewed before posting. They can be completely private, or they can be read-only. There are a few features you will need to decide upon, at the start, if you wish to enable them. If this is enabled for a particular conference then users will be able to link the conference to their standard email system in order to be kept up to date and also to participate.
Users have to add themselves once the feature is enabled.
This is covered in the User s Guide to Internet Conferencing with WebBoard v3. Now armed with your checklist go ahead and create the conference. Click the Manager link from the menu. Click Add Conference . Naming and Describing the Conference Type in a name for the conference.