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Write and send email

Compose, reply, forward, save drafts and use keyboard shortcuts.

Write a new email

1. Choose Compose, or press c.
2. In To, type one or more email addresses, or start typing a name. Use Cc to copy people openly. Use Bcc to copy people without others seeing them.
3. Type a short, clear subject.
4. Write your message.
5. Choose Send.

Suggestions while you type

In To, Cc and Bcc, uMail suggests people as you type. You see people from your company first, marked Team. After them come people you wrote to or got email from lately.

• Press the Down or Up arrow to move in the list.
• Press Enter or Tab, or tap a name, to add it. uMail adds a comma so you can type the next person.
• Press Escape to close the list. Press Escape again to close the email.

Suggestions come only from your own company and your own mail. Nobody else sees them.

Reply, reply all and forward

• Reply answers only the sender.
• Reply all answers the sender and everyone else on the message. Use it with care.
• Forward sends the message to someone new. Add the new address in To.

Attach files

1. Choose Attach and pick one or more files. You can also drag files onto the email, or paste a copied file.
2. Wait until each file finishes uploading. Send turns on when all files are ready.
3. To remove a file, choose the X on its chip.

• One file can be up to 25 MB. All files in one email together can be up to 25 MB.
• uMail does not send programs or scripts: .exe, .bat, .cmd, .scr, .js, .vbs, .msi, .com and .jar. Put the file in a .zip first.
• When you forward an email, its files come along. Remove any you do not want to send.
• Files stay with a saved draft, and they work with Undo, Send later and Remind me.

Preview files you receive

In an email you read, choose a picture, PDF or text file to see it in uMail without downloading it. Use the arrow keys to move between files, and press Escape to close. Choose Download to save a copy. Other file types download when you choose them.

Checks before you send

When you choose Send, uMail looks for three common mistakes. If it finds one, it tells you and asks. Choose Go back to fix it, or Send anyway to send as it is.

• You wrote words like attached or enclosed, but no file is attached. Text you are replying to is not checked.
• You are replying to an email, and the conversation has a newer one. You may want to reply to that one.
• A new email has no subject.

Drafts

While you write, uMail saves a draft. If you close the window before you send, find your draft in the Drafts folder and continue. When you send, the draft is removed and the message goes to Sent.

Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcuts work when you are not typing in a text box.