Compose an email

[Note]Note

Composing an email requires an account to be set up. (see Email accounts )

Search for users and contacts

To search for a special user you can type in the firstname, lastname or username.

To search for a contact you can type in firstname, lastname or email-address. You can even search for groups or companies.

To copy an item of the search-box into the to-field click on "<<" (same with cc-, bcc-field)

Sending a message internally

To send an email to a user simply type in the username in the to-field (or cc- / bcc-field)

To send an email to a group (defined in the group-manager) simply add a "@" to the beginning of a group name. (e.g. @default)

[Note]Note

To send an email to more than one recipient, seperate each one with a komma.

[Note]Note

To send a copy or a blind copy click on "more" and fill in the fields "cc" and "bcc".

Attachments

To add a file to the mail click on "Attachments".

In the next page click on "Browse ...", select a file, click on "Add to List".

[Important]Important

To attach a file bigger than 2 MB, you need to increase "upload_max_filesize" in your php.ini, default is "2M". Btw. "file_uploads" must be set on "on" in your php.ini

To store a mail for sending it later, click on "Save as Draft" instead of "Send E-mail".

[Important]Important

To compose big mails it may be neccessary to increase "memory_limit" in your php.ini (default is "8M")

Add Signature

If you want your signature to be added to the end of the email, enable this oprion.

Return receipt

When return receipt is enabled the recipient gets asked to send you a notification when he reads the mail.

[Note]Note

It depends on the user and on his' email program if he sends you this notification.

Send as draft

The email will not be sent to the recipient(s). Instead it is placed in the "drafts"-folder for later usage.

Search for

If you want to search for a word in a dictionary like Thesaurus or perform a web search in google, type in a word and click "Ok".