Create and send an email message
If you are signed in to webmail, go to the menu in the upper right corner of the screen and select ‘INBOX’, then click the ‘New message’ in the upper left corner of the screen. After this new window will open with the following options:
- In the ‘To’ field type the addressee, suggestions based on your address book are automatically shown.
- Fill in the ‘Subject’.
- Add ‘Show CC’ and’ Show BCC’ as needed.
As soon as you are ready to write your email text, you can use the options panel in the middle of the window from left to right:
- ‘Undo’ the previous change(s).
- ‘Redo’ the undone change(s).
- ‘Bold’ the selected and/or what you are going to type.
- ‘Italic’ the selected and/or what you are going to type.
- ‘Underline’ the selected and/or what you are going to type.
- ‘Strike through’ the selected and/or what you are going to type.
- Make font choice.
- Select font size.
- Choose ‘Text color’.
- ‘Numbering’.
- ‘Bullets’.
- ‘Insert Link’.
- ‘Insert Image’.
- ‘Remove Formatting’.
- ‘Source code’.
If you don’t need the options bar above, you can click the ‘Turn on plaintext mode’ link located at the bottom right of the window.
The following shortcuts are also available at the bottom of the window:
- CTRL + S = Save as draft.
- CTRL + Z = Undo the previous change(s).
- CTRL + Y = Redo the undone change(s).
- CTRL + K = Add a clickable link / URL to e.g. a website or email address.
- CTRL + B = Bold the selected and/or what you are about to type.
- CTRL + I = Italics the selected and/or what you are going to type.
- CTRL + U = Underline what is selected and/or what you are about to type.
In the upper right part of the window, you can attach files, drag-n-drop them there or use the buttons above.
On the left at the top of the window is another options panel where you can:
- ‘Send’ an email.
- ‘Save’ an email.
- Add ‘Importance’ to the message as ‘Normal’ which is set by default, ‘Low’, or ‘High’,
- Choose ‘Reading confirmation’.
You can ‘Minimize’, ‘Open in a new window’, ‘Close’ the window where you are entering a message.
As soon as you are ready to send the email text, use the ‘Send’ option in the bottom left of the window. By default the sent message will be saved in the ‘Sent’ folder.
If you want to save the message use ‘Save as draft’ option in the upper left corner of the window. The saved message will be saved in the ‘Drafts’ folder.