Compose an email
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## Compose an email

| Note
Composing an email requires an account to be set up. (see Email accounts )

### Search for users and contacts

To search for a special user you can type in the firstname, lastname or username.

To search for a contact you can type in firstname, lastname or email-address. You can even search for groups or companies.

To copy an item of the search-box into the to-field click on "<<" (same with cc-, bcc-field)

### Sending a message internally

To send an email to a user simply type in the username in the to-field (or cc- / bcc-field)

To send an email to a group (defined in the group-manager) simply add a "@" to the beginning of a group name. (e.g. @default)

| Note
To send an email to more than one recipient, seperate each one with a komma.

| Note
To send a copy or a blind copy click on "more" and fill in the fields "cc" and "bcc".

### Attachments

To add a file to the mail click on "Attachments".

In the next page click on "Browse ...", select a file, click on "Add to List".

| Important
To attach a file bigger than 2 MB, you need to increase "upload_max_filesize" in your php.ini, default is "2M". Btw. "file_uploads" must be set on "on" in your php.ini

To store a mail for sending it later, click on "Save as Draft" instead of "Send E-mail".

| Important
To compose big mails it may be neccessary to increase "memory_limit" in your php.ini (default is "8M")

### Add Signature

If you want your signature to be added to the end of the email, enable this oprion.

### Return receipt

When return receipt is enabled the recipient gets asked to send you a notification when he reads the mail.

| Note
It depends on the user and on his' email program if he sends you this notification.

### Send as draft

The email will not be sent to the recipient(s). Instead it is placed in the "drafts"-folder for later usage.

### Search for

If you want to search for a word in a dictionary like Thesaurus or perform a web search in google, type in a word and click "Ok".

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