| 1 | <chapter> |
| 2 | <title> |
| 3 | Compose |
| 4 | </title> |
| 5 | <summary> |
| 6 | With this feature, you can send messages to different people |
| 7 | from within SquirrelMail. |
| 8 | </summary> |
| 9 | <description> |
| 10 | <p> |
| 11 | The Compose menu choice will take you to a new Compose page. |
| 12 | Here you will find several fields and a couple of buttons. |
| 13 | Depending on how you got to the compose view, some of these |
| 14 | fields may already be filled in. |
| 15 | </p> |
| 16 | </description> |
| 17 | </chapter> |
| 18 | |
| 19 | <section> |
| 20 | <title> |
| 21 | From |
| 22 | </title> |
| 23 | <description> |
| 24 | <p>The <b>From:</b> field will only be displayed if you have enabled multiple |
| 25 | identities (through the Options, Personal Preferences menu). If you've done |
| 26 | so you can choose which identity you want to use, i.e. which name and |
| 27 | email address appear as the From-line of your message. |
| 28 | </p> |
| 29 | </description> |
| 30 | </section> |
| 31 | |
| 32 | <section> |
| 33 | <title> |
| 34 | To |
| 35 | </title> |
| 36 | <description> |
| 37 | <p> |
| 38 | Next is the <b>To:</b> field. In this field you should |
| 39 | enter the email address of the person or persons you are sending a |
| 40 | message to. You may enter as many addresses as you like, separating |
| 41 | them with a comma. One may also press the "Addresses" button to fill |
| 42 | in the field. Don't worry if the entire address is not displayed. |
| 43 | The field is a fixed length, but everything you put in it will be used, |
| 44 | even though it might scroll to the right or left. |
| 45 | </p> |
| 46 | </description> |
| 47 | </section> |
| 48 | |
| 49 | <section> |
| 50 | <title> |
| 51 | Cc |
| 52 | </title> |
| 53 | <description> |
| 54 | <p> |
| 55 | Next is the <b>CC:</b> field. CC is an abbreviation for <b>C</b>arbon |
| 56 | <b>C</b>opy. If you wish to send someone else a copy of the message |
| 57 | here is where you would do that. Think of this in the same way a memo |
| 58 | is laid out. You can have as many people as you like in the <b>To:</b>, |
| 59 | <b>CC:</b>, and <b>BCC:</b> fields. Only the people to whom the message |
| 60 | has direct impact would be in the <b>To:</b> field while recipients to |
| 61 | whom this is possibly only informative would be in the <b>CC:</b> and |
| 62 | <b>BCC:</b> fields. |
| 63 | </p> |
| 64 | </description> |
| 65 | </section> |
| 66 | |
| 67 | <section> |
| 68 | <title> |
| 69 | Bcc |
| 70 | </title> |
| 71 | <description> |
| 72 | <p> |
| 73 | BCC is an abbreviation for <b>B</b>lind <b>C</b>arbon <b>C</b>opy. |
| 74 | Use this to send someone a copy of the email <i>without</i> the |
| 75 | recipients in the <b>To:</b> or <b>CC:</b> fields knowing about it. |
| 76 | </p> |
| 77 | </description> |
| 78 | </section> |
| 79 | |
| 80 | <section> |
| 81 | <title> |
| 82 | Subject |
| 83 | </title> |
| 84 | <description> |
| 85 | <p> |
| 86 | Type in a relevant heading here. Remember, email can be a great time |
| 87 | saver and an accurate subject line is one big reason. |
| 88 | </p> |
| 89 | </description> |
| 90 | </section> |
| 91 | |
| 92 | <section> |
| 93 | <title> |
| 94 | Addresses Button |
| 95 | </title> |
| 96 | <description> |
| 97 | <p> |
| 98 | This button will open the address book after a search box is presented. |
| 99 | Something must be entered in the search box to retrieve a result. |
| 100 | If all addresses in the address book are required, press the List All button. |
| 101 | The address book has enough functionality |
| 102 | that it deserves its own section. More detailed information is |
| 103 | available in the "Addresses" chapter. |
| 104 | </p> |
| 105 | </description> |
| 106 | </section> |
| 107 | |
| 108 | <section> |
| 109 | <title> |
| 110 | Save Draft button |
| 111 | </title> |
| 112 | <description> |
| 113 | <p> |
| 114 | If you've been composing a message but for some reason aren't ready |
| 115 | to send it yet, you can use this button to save the message in the |
| 116 | Drafts folder. If later you want to finish the message and send it out, |
| 117 | go to the Drafts folder, open the message and you will return to the |
| 118 | compose page with your message filled in. |
| 119 | </p> |
| 120 | </description> |
| 121 | </section> |
| 122 | |
| 123 | <section> |
| 124 | <title> |
| 125 | Priority |
| 126 | </title> |
| 127 | <description> |
| 128 | <p> |
| 129 | If enabled by your system administrator, at the right of the |
| 130 | buttons a drop down list "Priority" is available. Here you can |
| 131 | select, surprisingly, the priority of this message. A high-priority |
| 132 | message might be presented in a different way by the recepient's |
| 133 | mail program. Note that excessive use of this function will devalue its |
| 134 | effect. |
| 135 | </p> |
| 136 | </description> |
| 137 | </section> |
| 138 | |
| 139 | <section> |
| 140 | <title> |
| 141 | Message Body |
| 142 | </title> |
| 143 | <description> |
| 144 | <p> |
| 145 | The large empty box is for whatever you want to put there. If a |
| 146 | signature file has been saved it will appear here as well. This is |
| 147 | where you type the body of your message. |
| 148 | </p> |
| 149 | </description> |
| 150 | </section> |
| 151 | |
| 152 | <section> |
| 153 | <title> |
| 154 | Attach |
| 155 | </title> |
| 156 | <description> |
| 157 | <p> |
| 158 | Located at the bottom of the Compose page, this feature allows you to |
| 159 | include a file with your email. The file must be located on your |
| 160 | <i>local</i> machine or network to be attached. A browse button is |
| 161 | present so you may search through your directory structure and click |
| 162 | on the file to include. Alternatively you may type directly into the |
| 163 | attach field if you know the full path and exact file name. Simply |
| 164 | press the Add button to list the selected file as an attachment and it |
| 165 | will appear below. |
| 166 | </p> |
| 167 | <p> |
| 168 | Once at least one file is presented for attachment another button is |
| 169 | revealed. Deletion of one or more attached files is accomplished by |
| 170 | selecting the offending file or files and pressing the delete selected |
| 171 | attachments button. |
| 172 | <p> |
| 173 | </description> |
| 174 | </section> |