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title: "Messages"
date: 2021-08-03T20:30:00+02:00
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## Find people and send direct messages

To write to individual persons and thus create a 1:1 chat, first click on the + in the category "Direct messages":

![Click on the Start Chat button](/images/01_Start-Chat_en.png "Click on the Start Chat button")

Now type in the search field and start typing the email address of the person you want to find:

People who already have an account in Matrix can also be found by their display name (usually "first name last name"). Please wait 5 seconds after each last entered character until the search results are displayed. Persons who have not yet logged in can only be found via their e-mail address or their Username. The link button "Show More" will display further search results. Please also note on which server your searched person is displayed.

!!! note
	Inserting e-mail addresses (e.g. via Ctrl+V) is not enough to find people! Please enter the characters of the e-mail address by hand, character by character and wait 5 seconds until the hits are displayed.

![Result added to the people invited to the chat](/images/99_Find-Neo_de.gif)

For the mass invitation of persons (up to 100 at once, then repeatable) the matrix names are necessary, which should be in the form @username:envs.net. Collect them e.g. in a text editor line by line and then paste them into the search field in Matrix/Element using the clipboard (copy & paste).

If you cannot find anyone, ask for their username or share their username (`@username:envs.net`) or `https://matrix.to/#/@username:envs.net`, so that the person addressed can contact you within Matrix.

An invitation e-mail is not sent by Matrix.

In the search result, click on the target person and then on Go:

![A search result for the search query entered](/images/04_Found-and-Go_en.png "A search result for the search query entered")

The conversation opens, which can begin after the connected person accepts the invitation [end-to-end encrypted](/encryption/) (meanwhile standard). The connection to the server at envs.net is of course also transport-encrypted. If you explicitly do not want end-to-end encryption for a special reason, an unencrypted room and invite the conversation partners to it.

Further: [formatting messages](/messaging/formatting/)

A room with itself is also possible and can be used as clipboard / notebook and for tests, e.g. whether formatting and hyperlinks look correct.