Composing, Replying, and Forwarding Emails

In ISO Mate you write email from the Email client in the sidebar. Select Compose to start a new message, or open a message and choose Reply, Reply All, or Forward. Each opens the composer, where you pick the sending mailbox, add recipients, write with a rich text editor, attach files, and choose a signature. Drafts save automatically as you type, so you never lose a message in progress.

Open the email client

Select Email in the General group of the sidebar. The client shows your mailboxes and folders on the left, the message list in the middle, and the reading pane on the right. You need at least one connected mailbox, so if you have not connected one yet, see connecting a personal mailbox.

Compose a new email

  1. Select Compose to open the composer.
  2. Choose the sending mailbox in the From field. It defaults to your first mailbox.
  3. Add recipients in the To field. Type an address and it becomes a chip, or pick a match from the contact suggestions.
  4. Add Cc or Bcc recipients when needed, and move any chip between To, Cc, and Bcc.
  5. Enter a subject and write your message in the editor.
  6. Select Send.

Attach files and images

Use the attachment control to add files, up to 10 MB each. You can also paste or upload images directly inside the message body. Attached files appear as a list you can remove from before sending.

Add a signature

Pick a signature from the signature selector in the composer, and it is added to the message separately from the body. Signatures are set up per mailbox, so see managing email signatures to create them.

Reply, reply all, and forward

Open a message in the reading pane and choose an action from its toolbar.

  • Reply: answers the sender, with the recipient and subject filled in for you.
  • Reply All: answers the sender plus everyone on the original To and Cc lines.
  • Forward: sends the message on to new recipients and keeps the original attachments.

The composer shows the original message below your reply for context, and you can collapse it while you write.

Work with drafts

As you write, ISO Mate saves the message to the Drafts folder every few seconds, and you can also save on demand. Reopen a draft from the Drafts folder to keep editing, then send it or delete it. If you close the composer with unsaved changes, ISO Mate keeps the draft so nothing is lost.

To speed up writing, the composer includes an AI assist panel that can draft or refine your message. See using AI email drafting and refinement. To keep your inbox tidy afterward, read managing emails: viewing, filtering, and organizing.

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