E-Mail

Sending email messages

5.4.1. Sending a new email

How to send a new email:

  1. Click on Compose in the tool bar.

  2. Enter the recipient's E-Mail address in the To field. Tips:

    • While entering the E-Mail address, several matching suggestions are displayed. To accept a suggestion, use one of the following methods:

      • Use the scrol lbar to browse the list. Click on a suggestion.

      • Use the cursor keys to select a suggestion. Press Enter.

    • To select contacts from a list, open the Select contacts window. To do so, click the Address book icon on the right side.

    If there are several recipients, repeat the action. As an alternative, you can enter the name of a distribution list.

    In order to delete a recipient, click the Delete icon .

    You can define that the recipients can only see your E-Mail address, not your full name. To do so, proceed as follows:

    • Click on the sender address next to From:.

    • Enable Hide names.

  3. Enter a subject.

  4. Enter the email text.

    In order to compose the E-Mail in text format, select Options. Select Plain text.

    In order to compose the E-Mail in HTML format, select Options. Select HTML. A formatting bar appears. How to format the text:

    • Select the text content.

    • Click an element in the formatting bar.

    You can define default values for the font style, size and colour in the E-Mail settings.

  5. If you use the HTML format, you can insert images into the text. To do so, proceed as follows:

    • Place the cursor at the position where you want to insert images.

    • Drag one image or several images from a file browser or the desktop to the E-Mail window. Drop the images in the E-Mail text input field.

    In order to remove an image from the text, select the image. Press the delete key on your keyboard.

  6. In order to show additional options, click on Options. You can use the following options: set the priority, attach your vCard, request a delivery receipt

    Depending on the configuration, there are functions for sending E-Mail messages in an encrypted format.

    • Encrypt icon

    • Security button.

    Information on encryption can be found in the Guard user guide.

  7. Click on Send.

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