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What is Discuss?

Discuss is a networked, electronic conferencing system. It is similar to bulletin-boards that have become popular on microcomputers, except that it is accessible from time-sharing machines and workstations on the network. Discuss allows a user to attend a set of electronic meetings. Each meeting has a specific focus, such as a project, class, or special-interest.

Users may select (``attend'') meetings, and read messages (``transactions'') that have been entered in those meetings. A user may choose to enter new transactions into a meeting, either by replying to a previous one or by starting one on a new topic.