Creating an email is often referred to as composing an email.
See also:
To create and send an email
Click the Administrator button on the Autoline master menu.
The Administrator form is displayed.
Click the Compose... button on the Mail tab.
The Compose Message... form is displayed.
Enter the body text into the main text box.
The email's content is ready, requiring you only to specify a title and recipient.
Enter a title for the email in the Subject field.
The email's content and title are ready, requiring you only to specify a recipient.
Enter the recipient's email address in the To field.
The email is ready to send.
Click the Send button.
The email is sent.
Note: If you enter an non-valid email address into the To field, when you click the Send button, the system sends you an email reporting the fact. Depending on circumstances, including whether the recipient is on the same computer network as you, there is likely to be a delay before it does so.
This is displayed when you click the Compose... button on the Administrator Mail tab.
To: Recipient's address(es); to whom you are sending it
Tip: If you are unsure of the recipient's email address, type in part of it and press the TAB key. The administrator searches the address book and displays the Select Item From List form, containing a menu of possible matches.
Note: If it fails to find a match, or if you click the Select Item From List form's Cancel button, a Confirm input dialog box is displayed, prompting you to choose whether to create a new email address entry.
Tips: To send to more than one address, separate each with a comma, enclosing the whole expression in < angle brackets >, but include no spaces. There is no search facility when several addresses are entered in this way, so you should enter each correctly. Include others who are not primary recipients by entering their email addresses in the CC: box. To avoid having to select from a large list when entering an email address in a system with many users, enclose the address in < angle brackets >, for example <pab>
CC: Additional recipients' addresses. CC stands for carbon copy, a method of generating copies of documents created using manual typewriters.
Subject: The email's title
Attachment: The filename, including the 'path' to where it is stored locally, of any file attached to the email; to be sent with it
Message text box: The 'body' of the email; its main content
Buttons:
To...: Displays the Select Item From List form, containing a menu of matching recipients' addresses to enter into the To field
Cc...: Displays the Select Item From List form, containing a menu of matching additional recipients' addresses to enter into the CC field
TOOLBAR:
Menu Icon Description File > Send Sends the message
File > Save Stores the message in the Outbox for sending later
File > Close Closes the form, abandoning all changes, returning you to the Administrator form
Tools > Font Displays a drop-down menu with two options: Fixed and Prop, dictating whether fixed or proportional character spacing is used in the main body of the email message Tools > Attach a file Displays the Select a File dialog box, enabling you to attach a file to the email. To delete the attachment, click this button again. Help > Help Displays this help page
