Composing, replying and signing emails

A new message, a reply and a forward use the same editor.

Composing a new message

  1. Select New Email and verify the sender account.
  2. Enter the recipients. To is for direct recipients, Cc for visible copies and Bcc for blind copies.
  3. Enter the subject and message. Use the ribbon to format text and insert images, links or tables.
  4. Attach the desired files, verify the recipients and choose Send.

Drafts and Outbox

Save an unfinished message as a draft. Outgoing messages pass through the Outbox. If a message remains there, check the connection and the error message before recreating or resending it; this prevents duplicate messages.

Signatures

Open the signature manager and create a personal signature. You can format text and use appropriate images. Select the signature for the relevant account or in the message window. An email signature here is your text at the end of the message, not a cryptographic signature.

Spell check

F7 opens the spell checker. Choose a suggestion and replace one or all occurrences. Ignore skips an occurrence; you can permanently add a custom word to the personal dictionary. Accept confirms the changes, Cancel discards them.

The optional German language pack performs checks locally on your computer. If it is not available, netMail offers system checking where the system supports the language. Quotes, signatures and known names are taken into account or excluded as appropriate. Message text and the dictionary are not uploaded for this purpose.

netMail Manual
Version 0.8.3.39 · As of: November 2026

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