Composing a Message
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Click on the Compose button in the upper left corner of the window.
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Add contacts to the To, Cc, and Bcc fields using the Open Address Book button or type the entire qualified address into the address field. For example, "FirstName LastName" <email address>. Use a comma to separate each qualified address.
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Select the name and then click To, Cc, or Bcc
Note: Begin typing a person's name to do a lookup of the campus address book. The "[My Domain]" address book stores all on-campus email addresses. If you select [My Domain] next to Displaying: and the name next to using filter, the search will be performed once you click on the Filter button.
For example, the search for "Joan" provided the following results:
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Select the name and the corresponding buttons to add to the To, Cc or Bcc fields.
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Type in a Subject for your message.
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Type text in the body field of the message.
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Select your delivery options:
Notify when delivered sends an email to you when the server delivers the message to their mailbox
Notify when Read sends an email message when the recipient opens the mail message
Save copy in: Sent Items gives you the option of whether to save this email, by default the option is selected
Send as HTML allows you to have color and pictures included in the email rather than plain text.
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Attachments - send up to 6 attachments. Click on the Browse. button to add the attachments to your message. Keep in mind that when sending messages there is a 6MB size limit. Note that attachments/mail may grow in size when converted for sending through the internet.
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Spell Check - click the Check Spelling button provided to audit spelling in your composed message prior to sending it to the recipient to locate any errors.
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Click Send when finished with your message.
Save in Drafts is used if you want to save your message for later.
Reset will clear the email fields.