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Any way to @mention a channel from a private message?
Both people would need to be members of the team containing the channel. Coping and getting the long channel link is not a great solution.
Example below
Thanks for the help.
PRIVATE MESSAGE---------------
"hey"
"hey"
"Do you know where I could find the info?"
"yea, try @ChannelNamelink"
"thanks!"
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You can get a link to a channel or conversation and then paste that into your private message. (Just click the ... next to the channel or conversation for the link)
You can't @mention and channel in a private chat. The @mention is more to send an alert to the user/team/channel that you need them to look at a message or document. It's not for creating links.
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- You can mention a Team and its channels in the context of the Team, but not outside what means you cannot mention a channel or a Team in a private chat
You can get a link to a channel or conversation and then paste that into your private message. (Just click the ... next to the channel or conversation for the link)
You can't @mention and channel in a private chat. The @mention is more to send an alert to the user/team/channel that you need them to look at a message or document. It's not for creating links.
Thanks, makes perfect sense. I guess what I'm really after is the Slack #channelname link system. Being able to quickly reference the Channel vs going and getting then pasting a really long link.
Thanks for the response!
