E-Mail

Organising E-Mail messages

5.5.18. Using Unified Mail

With Unified Mail you can display E-Mail messages 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 account's Inbox the Unified Mail folder displays an additional E-Mail view for an account. The E-Mail messages actually exist only once.

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

  • The E-Mail messages in the Unified Mail folder are marked with a label in the side bar. It contains the E-Mail account's name. The internal E-Mail account is marked with the label Primary account.

The following functions are available:

  • To use Unified Mail enable the function for one or more email accounts.

  • You can display email messages in the Unified Mail folder.

How to activate Unified Mail for an email account:

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

  2. In the side bar, click on Accounts.

  3. Click on Edit next to an external E-Mail account in the display area. The settings are displayed in a pop-up.

  4. Enable Use Unified Mail for this account.

    Click on Save at the bottom of the pop-up.

How to display email messages in theUnified Mail folder:

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

  2. Alternatively, click on a subfolder in the Unified Mail folder.

Tip: The account is indicated with a label next to an E-Mail's subject in the side bar.