5.5.17. Using Unified Mail

With Unified Mail you can display E-Mails from multiple E-Mail accounts in one central folder. This gives you a quick overview of the multiple E-Mail accounts' inboxes. Unified Mail can be described as follows:

  • In addition to an E-Mail acount's Inbox the Unified Mail folder displays a further E-Mail view for an account. The E-Mails actually exist only once.

  • E-Mails in the Inbox's subfolders are not displayed in the Unified Mail folder.

  • The E-Mails in the Unified Mail folder are marked with a label in the sidebar. The label is displayed below an E-Mail's subject. It contains the E-Mail account's name. The internal E-Mail account is marked with the label E-Mail.

The following functions are available:

  • To use Unified Mail enable the function for one or several E-Mail accounts.

  • You can display E-Mails in the Unified Mail folder.

How to activate Unified Mail for an E-Mail account:

  1. Click the System menu icon on the right side of the menu bar. Click on Settings.

  2. Click on Mail and Social Accounts in the sidebar.

  3. Select an external E-Mail account in the display area below Mail and Social Accounts.

  4. Click on Edit. A popup shows the settings.

  5. Enable Use Unified Mail for this account.

  6. Click on Save in the popup.

How to display E-Mails in theUnified Mail folder:

  1. Open the Unified Mail folder in the folder tree.

  2. As an alternative, click on a subfolder of the Unified Mail folder.

Tip: The account is indicated with a label below an E-Mail's subject in the sidebar.