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Sending messages


On this page: Composing a new message | Composing message options | Replying to a message | Forwarding a message | Saving your message as a draft | Accessing the draft message | Attaching a file to a message

Composing a new message

To compose an email:
  • click on New Message and the Message Composition window will be displayed
  • type the entire email address of the person in the To field. Alternatively, click on the book icon to search for a recipient from your address book
  • to send a copy of the message to a person, type their email address in the Cc field.
  • to send a copy to a person without the other recipients knowing, type their email address in the Bcc field
  • type a brief description of the content of your message in the Subject field
  • type your message in the text box
  • to attach a file to the message, click on Browse, locate the file you want in the Choose File window, click on Open, then click on Attach
  • to send the message, click Send.

Your message will be sent and if you ticked the Save a copy in sent-mail tick box at the bottom of the Message Composition window, a copy will be kept in your sent-mail folder

You may also want to refer to:
Composing message options
Saving your message as a draft
Attaching a file to a message
Using your Webmail address book

Replying to a message

You can reply to the sender of the message you are viewing. You can also reply to all the recipients listed on the current message.
  • click on Reply to reply to the original sender
  • if you click on Reply All, your message will be sent to all the recipients of the original message as well as the original sender
  • type in your reply.
  • click on Send

You may also want to refer to:
Composing a new message

Forwarding a message

You can forward a message you have received on to another person. You can add your own comments to the message before you send it.
  • click on Forward at the top of the Webmail window
  • enter the email address of the person you want to send it to
  • type your comments into the message.
  • the message you are forwarding is attached to the new message
  • click on Send

You may also want to refer to:
Composing a new message

Saving your message as a draft

You can compose a message and save it as a draft until you are ready to send it. Later you can select the draft from your Draft folder, finish it and send it.
  • on the Message Composition screen, click on Save Draft
  • the message will be saved in the Drafts folder with the draft icon (pencil and paper) beside it

Accessing the draft message

You can access the messages you saved as drafts either to add further information or to send as they are.
  • on the Draft folder screen, double click on the draft message you want to edit or send
  • the draft message will be displayed in a compose window
  • you can complete your message, then click on Send

Attaching a file to a message

You can attach one or more files of any file type to your message. Attaching a file sends a copy of the file to the recipient. The files can be attached before or after you compose the message. You will need to know where the file is stored (known as the file path) in order to attach it to your message.
  • on the Message Composition screen, click Browse. The Attach Files screen will be displayed
  • if you know the exact location of the file, type in the file path in the Filename field. Otherwise browse to locate your file. Select the file you want to attach and click Open. The file path will be inserted into the Filename field
  • click on Attach and the file's name will be included in the Attached Files list
  • you can add more files by repeating the above process and selecting different files
  • the Message Composition screen will be redisplayed showing the files you have attached


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