Composing Email

Click New to use the New Message page to designate recipients, compose email, add attachments, and send email. You can customize your message by using the formatting and style toolbars located above the message box.

Send. Click to send the message, with or without an attached file.
Cancel. Click to cancel composing and sending a message.
Save to Drafts. Click to save a draft of your message in the Drafts email folder. Select the message in the Draft folder later to re-open the message, then click Edit Draft to continue composing the message.
Attachments. Click to display the File to attach text box, Browse button, and Insert File button. For more information, see Viewing and Managing File Attachments.
Options. Click the Options button to show display options for the Compose Message page.
- Show CC. Select this option to display the Carbon Copy (CC) text box.
- Show BCC. Select this option to display the Blind Carbon Copy (BCC) text box.
- Send as Plain Text. Select this option if you do not want your message formatted with the text styles and formatting toolbar settings. Because you are sending mail over the Internet, you may prefer to use plain text rather than adding formatting that recipients might not be able to see. Plain text is text without formatting (bold, italic, underlined), bullets, or alignment.
  
  When this option is cleared, the rich text editor is displayed for message composition. Rich text messages include .htm tags to format the text.
  Note: After composing in formatted text, you can select the Send Message as Plain Text check box under Options.
- Save in Sent Folder. Select this option to save a copy of each message sent to the Sent email folder. The message text becomes unformatted.
- Encoding. Choose one of the following to compose your New, Forward, or Reply message:
  - UTF-8. Choose this character set for multi-language mail. In IMail, this includes English, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, German, Italian, Japanese,or Spanish.
  - English (US). Choose this character set for sending mail composed in English only.
  - Western European. Choose this character set for sending mail composed in French, Italian, Spanish, or German.
  - Chinese Traditional. Choose this character set for sending mail composed in traditional Chinese.
  - Chinese Simplified. Choose this character set for sending mail composed in simplified Chinese.
  - Japanese. Choose this character set for sending mail composed in Japanese.
    Note: You can also set your Composing preferences on the User Preferences page.
  - Done. Click this button when you finish selecting New Message options.
To. In the text box, enter the email address(es) of the person(s) to whom this message will be sent. For more information, see Using Contacts to Address a Message.
CC. In the text box, enter the email address(es) of person(s) to whom you'd like a copy of this message to be sent. For more information, see Using Contacts to Address a Message.
BCC. In the text box, enter the email address(es) of person(s) to whom you'd like a copy of this message to be sent, without the recipient's address appearing in the message. For more information, see Using Contacts to Address a Message.
Subject. Enter the subject of the email into the text box.
Save Recipients to the following Address book. From the list box, select the address book to which you wish to add the message's recipient(s).
Attachment (if displayed). Place your cursor in the Attachment text box to begin attaching a message. Enter a path and filename or browse for a file.
- Browse. Click to browse to a folder and select a file you want to attach to a message, click Open, then click Insert File.
- Insert File. Click to add a file to your message. The attached file name displays below the Attachment text box. Each file attachment has a icon next to the file name. To remove an individual file attachment, click the icon.
  Important: Make sure that you click Insert File before trying to send or save a draft a message with an attachment. The attachment is not inserted to the message until you click Insert File. If you forget, a prompt appears to remind you.
  
  Note: Once you have clicked Send, you cannot cancel sending the message.

Text Styles and Formatting Toolbars

By selecting formatting styles, font types, sizes and colors from the list boxes, you can customize your messages. Individual help (known as Tool Tips) is available for each button by mousing over the button.

Mouse over the adjacent buttons to access information on the functions of the different tools.

The formatting list boxes let you choose:

paragraph alignment
font types
font size
zoom = To allow for easier viewing (25% - 400%) from original size

Much like a word processor there are familiar buttons:

Bold	Italicize	Underline	Left Justify
Center	Right Justify	Justify Full	Justify None
Font Color	Highlight Color	New Document
Numbered List	Bulleted List	Indent Text	Outdent Text
Superscript	Subscript	Strikethrough	All UpperCase
All LowerCase	Select All	Select None	Print
Preview	Find	Spell Check	Cut
Copy	Paste	Undo	Redo