How Do I Compose and Send a New Email message?

The Compose screen consists of the following parts:

• Toolbar menu

  The toolbar menu contains the following icons:

  • Send: Sends the Email message to the respective recipients.

  • Attach: Attaches a file to the Email message.

  • Save: Saves the Email as a draft which you can refer later.

  • Bcc: Enables you to send a blind copy of the Email message to recipients.

  • Options: Enables you to add more features to your Email message.

  • Cancel: Closes the current tab and returns to the mail view.

• From: This field contains a drop-down list with all the configured sender profiles you have for this account. This field is not displayed if you have not configured external POP accounts. This list includes the name followed by the email address of each configured external account. Convergence enables you to collect emails from other POP accounts in addition to the default account.

  You can receive, send, reply, or forward emails from or to other email accounts that support POP access. To know more about how to set up external accounts in Convergence, see Collecting Email From External Accounts.

• To and Cc fields to include receivers email addresses.

• Subject field.

To compose and send a new Email message:

1. Tap the Write icon on the center panel to display the Compose screen in two-pane layout.

   Tap Write  in the Messages Listing section to display the Compose screen in three-pane layout.

2. Type the email addresses of the recipients who should receive your message in the To field. Use a comma to separate multiple addresses.

   Alternatively, tap the Address Book icon next to the To field to select the email address. To send a copy to a recipient, type the email addresses in the Cc field or tap the Address Book icon next to the Cc field to select email addresses.

   See How Do I Add Contacts from Address Book? for more information.

3. To send a blind copy to a recipient, tap the Bcc icon. The Bcc field is displayed. Type the email address in the Bcc field. Optionally, tap the Address Book icon next to the Bcc field to select email address from the saved list.

4. Type the subject of your message in the Subject field.

5. Tap Options in the top toolbar.

   The expanded message options are shown.

6. From the priority drop-down list, select the required priority.

   The priorities are Normal, Urgent, and Low. By default, the messages are sent with normal priority.

7. From the Receipt drop-down list, select an option.

   The options are:

   • None: Does not perform any actions when the recipient receives this message.

   • Read: Sends a notification when the recipient reads the message.

   • Delivery: Sends a notification when this message is delivered to the recipient.

   • Delivery and Read: Sends notifications when your message is delivered and also when read by the recipient.

8. Tap in the message text box and type the text of the Email message.

   To attach an Email message to the mail, see Attaching Files to Email Messages.

9. Tap Send to send the Email message.