Frequently Asked Question
Compose new mail
Last Updated 9 years ago
Here you will find information about the features of the Compose window.
Click here to see how to select multiple recipients.
- Select which alias to send from. When you Reply to an email this selection will automatically be set to the alias that the original email was sent to
- If you want to manually add another email signature, a click here will paste the signature for the selected alias
- If you click on the To-button you will see all your previous contacts and you will be able to add people to the recipient list*, each recipient will be separated with a comma. You can choose multiple contacts by clicking on the "To" button.
- If you click on the Cc-button (CarbonCopy) you will see all your previous contacts and you will be able to add people to the Cc-list*, each recipient will be separated with a comma. Every email on the Cc-list will be able to see the other email addresses on the To-list and the Cc-list. You can choose multiple contacts by clicking on the "Cc" button.
- If you click on the Bcc-button (BlindCarbonCopy) you will see all your previous contacts and you will be able to add people to the Bcc-list*, each recipient will be separated with a comma. The emails on the Bcc-list will not be visible to other email addresses on the To-list, Cc-list or the Bcc-list. You can choose multiple contacts by clicking on the "Bcc" button.
- *If the Encrypt-checkbox is checked, this email will be sent in encrypted form. To be able to use encryption, every recipient must have a public key
- If the Sign-checkbox is checked, this email will be digitally signed with the RSA-algorithm, this will prove that the email was sent from a valid Countermail-account. You can send signed emails to everyone, even if they don't have any public key
- If the "Do not save"-checkbox is checked, this email will NOT be stored in your Sent-folder
- This will set the priority flag (Low, Normal or High). This is just a graphical marker for the email
- If the "Request read receipt"-checkbox is checked, this will tell the recipients email client that you want a read-notification, if the recipient accept this request, you will get an automatic email that informs you when they opened your email
- The "Save draft"-button will save your email inside your Draft-folder, and you will be able to finish the email later
- Send the email to all recipients
- This list will show you all attachments made to this email
- First select which attachment you want to remove, then press the [Remove] button
- Add an attachment to this email, you can add all file types except for: .EXE .COM .BAT .SCR or .VBS files. The attachment will be encrypted if every person on the To-list, Cc-list and the Bcc-list have a public key