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<h2>Compose: sending mail</h2>

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<li><a href="#writing">Writing messages</a></li>

<li><a href="#attachments">Including attachments</a></li>

<li><a href="#sending">Sending, canceling, and saving drafts</a></li>

<li><a href="#headers">Headers</a></li>

<li><a href="#autosave">Automatic saves</a></li>

<li><a href="detach">Displaying the Compose window in a new browser</a></li>

<li><a href="#encode">Selecting a compose encoding</a></li>

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<p>The <strong>Compose</strong> screen is where you write and send messages. The <strong>Compose</strong> screen in divided into two sections:</p>

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<li>The <em>header</em> section is at the top. You use the header section to address the mail and control the text format.</li>

<li>The <em>message</em> section is below the header. The message section is where you enter and format message text.</li>

<h2><a name="writing" id="writing"></a>Writing messages</h2>

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<li>On the menu bar, click <strong>Compose</strong>.</li>

<li>In the header section, enter the addressing information. By default, the header displays the <strong>To</strong>, <strong>Cc</strong>, and <strong>Subject</strong> fields. For information on displaying more header fields, see <a href="#headers">Headers</a>.</li>

<li>In the message section, enter your message text. At the top of the message section, a <em>formatting toolbar</em> allows you to apply rich-text formatting to message text. You can also insert links and graphics using the formatting toolbar.</li>

<li>If desired, you can mark your message with a priority level. On the menu bar, point to <strong>Priority</strong>, and then click the level that you want for this message.</li>

<h2><a name="attachments" id="attachments"></a>Including attachments</h2>

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<li>On the menu bar, click <strong>Attach</strong>.</li>

<li>Enter the path and file name for the file that you want to attach, or click <strong>Browse</strong> to browse for the file and select it.</li>

<li>If desired, enter a description in the <strong>Description</strong> field.</li>

<li>Click <strong>Attach</strong> file.</li>

<h2><a name="sending" id="sending"></a>Sending, canceling, and saving drafts</h2>

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<li>On the menu bar, click <strong>Send</strong>.</li>

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<p>

You can control whether all send messages are automatically saved to your <strong>Sent</strong> folder. For more information, see <a href="settings.html#save">Settings</a>.</p>

<p>You can also control whether all sent email addresses are saved as contacts. For more information, see <a href="settings.html#auto">Settings</a>.

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<p><strong>To cancel an editing session</strong></p>

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<li>On the menu bar, click <strong>Cancel</strong>, or click any item in the left pane, such as your <strong>Inbox</strong>.</li>

<li>Click <strong>Discard</strong> to confirm. The <strong>Compose</strong> screen closes and your <strong>Inbox</strong> appears.</li>

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<p><strong>To save a draft of a message</strong></p>

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<li>On the menu bar, click <strong>Save Draft</strong>. A copy of the message is saved to the Drafts folder. The <strong>Compose</strong> screen closes and you are returned to the screen that was displayed before the editing session began.</li><br /><br />

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<div> If you open a previously saved draft, make more changes, and then cancel the editing session and discard changes, the entire draft is deleted, not just the most recent changes. </div>

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<h2><a name="headers" id="headers"></a>Headers</h2>

<p> The header section is where you enter addressing information. By default, the header displays the <strong>To</strong>, <strong>Cc</strong>, and <strong>Subject</strong> fields. </p>

<p><strong>To display all headers</strong></p>

<ul>

<li>To the right of the <strong>To</strong> field, click <strong>More Headers</strong>.</li>

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<p><strong>To display only the default headers</strong></p>

<ul>

<li>To the right of the <strong>To</strong> field, click <strong>Fewer Headers</strong>.</li>

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<h3>Header fields</h3>

<p>The following header fields are available:</p>

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<li><strong>To.</strong> Use this field to specify email recipients:

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<li> Type the full email address of the recipient. Separate multiple addresses commas.</li>

<li> Type a name or nickname specified in your contact list and click. Alpine expands the name or nickname to the full address. Separate multiple addresses commas.</li>

<li>Click <strong>To</strong> to display to your contact list and select an address. </li>

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<li><strong>Attachments.</strong> Lists any files that have been attached to the message.</li>

<li> <strong>Subject.</strong> Enter a brief phrase describing the topic of the message. </li>

<li><strong>Cc</strong> (Carbon copy). Similar to the <strong>To</strong> field. Enter one or more addresses to receive a copy of the message. These addresses are seen by all message recipients.</li>

<li> <strong>Bcc</strong> (Blind carbon copy). Similar to the <strong>To</strong> and <strong>Cc</strong> fields. Enter one or more addresses to receive a copy of the message. The recipients see only their own addresses; the other addresses are hidden.</li>

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<li><strong>Fcc</strong> (File carbon copy). Specifies a folder to which a copy of your outgoing message is saved. You can control whether messages are saved with or without attachments. For more information, see <a href="settings.html#fcc">Settings</a>.</li>

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<h2><a name="autosave" id="autosave"></a>Automatic saves</h2>

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<p>Alpine saves a draft every 5 minutes, overwriting the draft each time, so that only the most recent saved version is preserved. </p>

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<h2><a name="detach" id="detach"></a>Displaying the Compose window in a new browser window</h2>

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<p>You can display the Compose window in a new browser window, so that you can see the message that you are writing and another Alpine screen, such as your Inbox, at the same time.</p>

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<p><strong>To display the Compose window in a new browser window</strong></p>

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<li>On the far right end of the menu bar, click the Detach icon.</li>

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<h2><a name="encode" id="encode"></a>Selecting a compose encoding</h2>

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<p>You can select an encoding for outgoing messages. For more information, see <a href="settings.html#compose">Settings</a>.</p>

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