5.4.1. Sending a new E-Mail

How to send a new E-Mail:

Click on Compose in the toolbar.
Enter the recipients' E-Mail addresses in the To field.
- While entering the E-Mail address, several matching suggestions are displayed. To accept a suggestion, click on it.
- To select contacts from an address book, click the Address book icon on the right side of the input field.
To send a copy to other recipients, click on CC or BCC on the right side of the To input field.
- If the recipients are to see who gets a copy of the E-Mail, enter the recipients in the CC field.
- If the recipients are not to see who gets a copy of the E-Mail, enter the recipients in the BCC field.
Enter a subject. Enter the E-Mail text.

Tip: If you enter a space, followed by the @ character, followed by a name, matching suggestions from the address books are displayed. To accept a suggestion and enter it in the To field, click on it.
Click on Send.

Further functions:

With drag and drop you can move the recipients between the fields To, CC and BCC.

In the E-Mail settings, you can determine that each outgoing E-Mail will also be sent as blind copy to a specific E-Mail address.
To format the E-Mail text or to enter images, use the html format. To do so, click on Options. Select HTML. A formatting bar appears.
- To format the E-Mail text, use the formatting bar.
  
  You can define default values for the font style, size and color in the E-Mail settings.
- To enter images at the current cursor position, drag one or several images from a file browser or from the desktop to the E-Mail text input field.
  
  To remove an image, use the context menu.
The Options drop-down offers further options:
- set the priority
- attach your vCard
- request a read receipt
Depending on the configuration, there are functions for sending E-Mails in an encrypted format.
- Enable encryption icon
- Security button.

Further instructions:

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