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Write an email

Press Compose at the top left (on a phone, the round pencil button at the bottom right). On a computer a new-email window opens in the bottom-right corner, as in Gmail; on a phone it fills the screen.

  1. To: start typing a name, a 10-digit number, an address or one of your groups, and pick from the suggestions. Separate several with commas. You can write to any email address, not only PhoneMail ones.
  2. Cc Bcc (optional): press it to add people who get a copy. People in Bcc are hidden from everyone else.
  3. Subject and your message. Your signature, if you set one, is already underneath.
  4. Press Send (or Ctrl + Enter).

Writing to a group​

Put two or more people in To and PhoneMail starts a new group with them. Give the group a name (it is required), then send.

Composing to two people starts a group

  • Everyone in the group sees every email and reply in the group conversation. You become the group's admin.
  • To write to the group again, type its name in To, or open the group and use New email in this conversation.
  • If you write to just one of those people, it goes to your one-to-one conversation with them, not the group.
  • If you already have a group with exactly these people and this name, PhoneMail offers to send to that group instead.

Formatting​

The bar above the message has bold, italic, underline, bulleted and numbered lists, insert link and remove formatting.

Files​

Press the paperclip next to Send, or drag files onto the window. Each file uploads straight away and shows with its name and size; press ✕ on a file to remove it before sending.

  • Up to 25 MB in total per email, and at most 20 files.
  • People on Gmail, Outlook or any other provider receive the files as ordinary attachments.

Send later​

The arrow next to Send schedules the email: Tomorrow morning, Tomorrow afternoon, Monday morning, or Pick date and time.

Choosing when to send

Scheduled emails wait under Scheduled in the left menu. Cancel send there turns one back into a draft. If a scheduled email can't be sent, it goes back to Drafts with the reason.

Undo send​

After you press Send, the note at the bottom says Sending… with an Undo button and the seconds left (10 seconds unless you change it in Settings). Press Undo to get the email back to edit it.

Drafts​

PhoneMail saves what you write as you go. If you close the window with ✕, the email is kept in Drafts ("Saved to Drafts"). Click a draft to open it again and finish it. The bin button at the bottom right of the window throws the draft away.

Drafts

The – button makes the window small so you can read other mail while you write; click its title bar to open it again.

A reply or new email that you start inside a conversation is not listed in Drafts: it waits in that conversation instead (see Read and reply).