To send a message for others to read on
a board for which you have the Private Key, first select your board.
Then click the icon highlighted in yellow. This will bring
up a message window:
Here you can enter your board's name in
the Board textbox. In the From text box you can select the
identity that you chose when frost first started. The Subject box
is self-explanatory. Your message goes in the large white text box
where you see Blah Blah Blah Blah typed. The Encrypt For checkbox
in the message window is used to encrypt your message to be readable
only by a certain user. In order to encrypt a message to a given
user it is necessary to sign that message. Notice the sign
checkbox icon at the top of this window. If you select it,
your message will be signed with your chosen identity key, thus
positively identifying your pseudonym to others. This does not
identify you as freenet is designed to keep others from knowing your
identity unless you choose to reveal it at some given time. The
icon to the left of the sign icon is left-clicked if you wish to attach
a file to your message. If you click it, you will receive the same
type of window for selecting a file as you do when uploading a file.
The trash can icon can be clicked on if you wish to cancel
the message you were composing. The leftmost icon is pressed
when you are ready to send your message to be posted on your board.
Please understand that only those who have your boards Public key
can read messages you insert on your board. And only someone with
the board's Private Key can publish to that board. If you have
only the Public key for a board, you can read messages on, but you
cannot publish to that board.