Benoit TELLIER
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94 lines
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# Composer {#composer}
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This guide will walk you through the process of using our email composition tool effectively.
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# Creating a New Email in web
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1. Click on the "New Email" button. A new email composer will appear
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2. "From": By default it will display your default identity. When you click on this field - a drop-down list of your identities will be shown and you can select one of them. The identities you can use in the `From` field can be edited on the [profile page](profile.md).
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3. "To": Fill in the recipient's email address in the "To" field. You can add multiple recipients by separating their email addresses with commas.
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4. Enter a subject for your email in the "Subject" field.
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5. Use the "CC" (Carbon Copy) and "BCC" (Blind Carbon Copy) fields for additional recipients as needed.
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- (5.1)`CC`: Carbon Copy: Anyone in this field will see the other recipients of the message.
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- (5.2) `BCC`: Blind Carbon Copy: The recipients won't know that you added anyone to 'Bcc'.
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6. Signature button: You can click on this button to unfold/fold your signature. The setting of identities and its signature ycan be edited on the [profile page](profile.md).
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7. Text Formatting
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Use the formatting options provided to style your email's text. These include :
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- (7.1) `Text size`
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- (7.2) `Style`
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- (7.3) `Font famlily`
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- (7.4) `Text color`
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- (7.5) `Text background color`
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- (7.6) `Bold`
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- (7.7) `Italic`
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- (7.8) `Underline`
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- (7.9) `Strikethrough`
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- (7.10) `Paragraph`
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- (7.11) `Order list`
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8. Adding Attachments
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To attach files, click on the `attachment icon` and select the files you want to include.
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9. Insert images
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To insert images to the email body as an inline image, clock on `image icon` then select images that you want to include
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10. Code view
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When you click on `Code view button`, the email your are writing is displayed in Code view mode. This option is helpfull for developpers who want to debug the sources of the generated email.
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11. Sending Your Email
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- Click the "Send" button to send your email. Once sent, it will appear in your "Sent" folder.
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- You can also click button `Save to Draft` (12) then the email is moved to Draft folder, you can then open it again and continue composing it.
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- If you click `Cancel button` (13), the email will be discarded
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14. Managing Sent Emails
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To access sent emails or track the status of your sent email, navigate to the `Sent` folder (14) within your email client. Email currently being sent are located within the `Outbox` (15) and will eventually be moved into the `Sent` folder.
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16. Read receipt
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This feature allows the sender of an email to know when the recipient has opened and read the email. It provides a way for the sender to confirm that the message has been received and viewed by the recipient.
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Here's how read receipt work:
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- Sender Requests a Read Receipt: When composing an email, the sender can enable the option to request a read receipt by click on icon (16) then to turn on Request read receipt
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- When the recipient receives the email and opens it, they are typically presented with a message or notification asking if they want to send a read receipt back to the sender. The recipient can choose to either send the read receipt or decline the request.
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- If the recipient chooses to send a read receipt, their email client will automatically generate and send a notification to the sender, indicating that the email has been opened and read.
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- The sender receives the read receipt as a separate email or notification, confirming that the recipient has indeed read the email.
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# Creating a New Email in Mobile
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1. Click on the "Compose" button, the composer screen will be shown.
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2. From: By default it will display your default identity. When you click on `Edit` icon (2.1)- a drop-down list of your identities will be shown and you can select one of them. The identities you can use in the `From` field can be edited on the [profile page](profile.md).
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3. Fill in the recipient's email address in the "To" field.
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4. Enter a subject for your email in the "Subject" field.
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5. Adding Recipients
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You can add multiple recipients by separating their email addresses with commas. Use the "CC" (Carbon Copy) and "BCC" (Blind Carbon Copy) fields for additional recipients as needed.
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- (5.1)`CC`: Carbon Copy: Anyone in this field will see the other recipients of the message.
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- (5.2) `BCC`: Blind Carbon Copy: The recipients won't know that you added anyone to 'Bcc'.
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6. Text Formatting
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Use the formatting options provided to style your email's text.
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7. Adding Attachments
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To attach files, click on the `attachment icon` and select the files you want to include
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8. Insert images
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To insert images to the email body as an inline image, click on `image icon` then select images that you want to include
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For the first time you hit button Add attachments/Insert images, you a popup will be shown to ask permission to access Photos ans media in your mobile.
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You need to click Allow then browse and select image/attachment from device.
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9. Send your mail
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- Click the "Send" button to send your email. Once sent, it will appear in your "Sent" folder.
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When you click on 3-dot button of top right of compser, you can see 3 options: Request read receipt/Save as draft/Delete
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- If you click `Request read receipt` (10, Read receipt request is enabled for this email.
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- If you click `Save as draft` (11), the composer is closed and email is saved to Draft folder
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- If you click `Delete` (12), the email is discarded.
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