E-Mail

This window is used when creating or editing an E-Mail.

In order to open the window, do one of the following:

• Click on New email.

• Select an email. Click the More actions icon in the detail view. Select a reply or forward function.

• Select an email draft. Click the Edit draft icon or the Edit copy icon in the tool bar.

Content

• Addresses

  • From. Shows your sender address. If clicking on it, a menu with several functions opens:

    • Select another sender address

    • Show names. Defines whether the real name is displayed.

    • Edit names. Opens the window for editing the real name.

  • CC, BCC button. Opens the CC or BCC input field.

  • AW button. Opens the Reply to input field.

    Your email reply will be sent to the email addresses entered in this input field.

  • To input field. While entering the recipients, matching suggestions will be displayed. To accept a suggestion, click on it. To accept the first suggestion, press Enter.

    If clicking on To, CC, BCC or one of the Select contacts icons , a window for selecting contacts from an address book opens.

• E-Mail content

  • Subject input field. Enter your E-Mail's subject in this field.

  • If the E-Mail has attachments, the attachments will be displayed as preview or list.

  • Input field for the E-Mail text.

    To format the text or to add images, click the Options icon in the button bar. Enable HTML. Enable the Show tool bar icon in the button bar.

• Send. Sends the E-Mail to the entered recipients.

• Send later. Opens a menu that allows you to select when the email should be sent.

• Button bar

  • An icon for showing or hiding the formatting options.

  • Add file icon . Opens a menu with functions for adding attachments.

    • Add local file. Adds local files.

    • Add from Drive. Adds files that are saved in the Drive app.

    • Attachments from selected email. Adds the attachments of the email selected in the list view.

  • Depending on the configuration: Enable encryption icon . Encrypts the email. A function bar will be displayed above the email text. If clicking on Options, a menu with encryption options opens:

  • Insert template icon . Opens a menu for adding or creating text templates.

  • Options icon . Opens a menu with additional functions:

    • add signature to E-Mail text, edit signature

    • set priority, add vCard, request read receipt

    • define the E-Mail's text format: plain text, HTML

    • save the E-Mail as draft and close the editing window

General description of the user interface:

• The editing window

Related topics:

• Sending new email messages

  Sending encrypted E-Mail messages

Parent topic: The E-Mail Components