# Conversations

> Read and reply to your Teams chats and channels in Whorl, start a chat, react, attach files, and see how conversations work without Microsoft 365.

Source: https://docs.whorl.work/conversations

Conversations are the chats and channels you take part in, such as your Teams chats. You read them, reply, react, attach files and start new chats from Whorl, so a decision made in a chat can lead straight into a Thread.

Conversations is in the sidebar. With Microsoft 365 connected, it shows your Teams chats and channels. See [Microsoft 365](/microsoft-365). Until you connect, the page says your Teams chats and channels show up here and that you can reply to them from Whorl.

## Find a conversation

The list has filters:

- **Type**: **All**, **People** (chats with one other person), **Groups**, **Meetings** or **Channels**.
- **Availability**: **All**, **Can reply** or **Read-only**.
- **Ordering**: **Recent activity**, **Name A–Z** or **Name Z–A**.

Choose **Clear filters** to see every chat and channel.

## Read and reply

Open a conversation to read it. Unread conversations are marked, and **Mark as read** and **Mark as unread** are in the conversation menu.

On a message, use **Reply** in a chat, or **Reply in thread** in a channel. You can react to a message. The message menu also has **Copy text**, **Copy message** and **Copy link**, and for your own messages **Edit message** and **Delete message**. Deleting asks **Delete this message?** first. Images have **Copy image** and **Download image**.

A reply in a channel opens its own view, and **Back to channel** returns you to the channel.

Write in the message box and choose **Send message**. The box offers **Mention people, Captains or Threads**.

## Attach files

Attach up to 10 files to a message. Each file can be up to 10 MiB, and the files together up to 25 MiB. Files in your OneDrive or SharePoint libraries open in a new tab and say they are not in your Files. See [Files](/files).

## Start a chat

Choose **New message**. Pick one or more people under **People**, or choose **New group chat**. Fill in **To** and **Message**, then choose **Create**. If Whorl cannot start the chat, it says **Couldn't start the chat. Try again.**

## When a send is not confirmed

If Teams does not confirm a send, reply, edit or reaction, Whorl does not guess. You see **Send not confirmed** or **Reply not confirmed**, with "Whorl couldn't confirm this went through. It will appear in the conversation if it did." Check the conversation before you send it again. See [Microsoft 365](/microsoft-365#write-results).

If your Microsoft sign-in expired, the page says to reauthorize your account in Integrations: **Settings → Company → Integrations**.

## Conversations in Whorl

> Conversations that live in Whorl are an experimental feature. An owner or admin turns on **Whorl Conversations and Calendar** for everyone in **Settings → Company → Experimental features**. Until then, only Teams chats appear. See [Experimental features](/experimental-features).

With it on, people in your Organization can send each other direct and group chats that live in Whorl. They are marked **Whorl only**.

With the experiment on, a company that uses Microsoft 365 can keep conversations in Whorl instead of syncing them with Teams. In **Settings → Company → General**, switch **Conversations sync with Teams chats** off. Turning it back on can link a Whorl chat to a Teams chat with the same people: the notice says **Linked with your Teams chat**, or **Teams chats were off. These stayed in Whorl.** when they stayed apart.

## Related

- [Mail](/mail)
- [Calendar](/calendar)
- [Huddles and meetings](/huddles), which can start in a conversation