Sending a New Message

• To - This is where you choose a recipient from the address book or type in an email address. The "To": field must be filled in before sending the message.


• Reply To Address - This is your address where the recipient may reply to your message. This field will show your email addresses.
  
  
• CC: (Carbon Copy) - Put additional email address(s) of people to whom you wish to send a copy of the original message. Each recipient of a CC will see the email addresses in the To and CC fields.


• BCC (stands for blind carbon copy) - Similar to CC, but the e-mail addresses of those in the BCC field will not be seen by other recipients.


• Attached - This shows if there is an attachment to the message.


• Subject - This is where you say what the message is about.
  
  
• Priority - If your message is urgent , you can set the priority to urgent. This is just for the recipient to know it is important and does not send the message any faster.


• Signature - You can include one of your signatures on your message using the drop down.


• Edit markup - This is where you select the format of message you are sending. Use either plain text or HTML.


• Request Confirm - This allows you to request a receipt showing the the recipient has opened your message.


• Retain Options: Remember options for next email.


• Encrypt: Choose this option wisely.
  
  
• Send Message: Once you have finished composing your secure email message, click on 'Send' to send it.
  
  
• Save Draft: You can save any emails that you plan to use again, or those which you did not have time to finish. Saving the email will store it as a draft on the secure mail server until you are ready to send it. You must select a folder from the drop-down list in which to store this draft message.