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<h1>Writing an E-mail Message</h1>
<h1>Writing and Sending E-mail</h1>
   <p>This menu reference describes how to write and send e-mail messages in Thunderbird.</p>
   <p>This menu reference describes how to write and send e-mail messages in Thunderbird.</p>


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<h2 id="file">File</h2>
<h2 id="file">Writing an E-mail</h2>


  <h3 id="new_menu">New</h3>
<p>Stuff to cover:</p>


    <h4 id="new_message">New Message</h4>
*Opening the Compose window
    <p>Opens a window for composing a new e-mail message.</p>
*Addresses
 
**Choosing an account/identity from which to send the message
    <h4 id="new_account">New Account...</h4>
**Recipients
    <p>Starts the New Account Wizard. This wizard will help set up a new
***Distinguish between the types (To, From, Bcc, CC, etc.)
      mail, news, or rss feed account in &brandShortName;.</p>
****perhaps just relegate to glossary entries?
 
*Subject
    <h4 id="new_address_book_card">New Address Book Card...</h4>
*Content
    <p>Opens a dialog window for creating a new contact in the &brandShortName;
**HTML vs. text/plain
      Adress Book.</p>
*Sending the E-mail
 
**Send
  <h3 id="open_saved_message">Open Saved Message...</h3>
**Send Later
  <p>Displays an Open File dialog where you can select a previously saved
**Save as Draft
    message from your local disks or network. (You can currently view many
    file types in &brandShortName;, including HTML/XML files, image files,  
    text files and more).</p>
 
  <h3 id="close">Close (Window)</h3>
  <p>Closes the current window.</p>
 
  <h3 id="save_as">Save As</h3>
 
    <h4 id="file">File</h4>
    <p>Displays a Saves Message As dialog where you can select a location
      on your local disks or network to save a copy of the message you are
      currently reading.</p>
 
    <h4 id="template">Template</h4>
    <p>Saves the message you are currently reading into the Template
      folder of the current mail account.</p>
 
  <h3 id="get_new_messages">Get New Messages for</h3>
  <p>This menu item has multiple sub-menus. The sub-menus allow you to specifiy
    which mail, news, or rss feed accounts to check for new messages.</p>
 
    <h4 id="get_all_new_messages">Get All New Messages</h4>
    <p>Causes &brandShortName; to check all accounts for new messages.</p>
 
  <h3 id="send_unsent">Send Unsent Messages</h3>
  <p>Send unsent messages queued during offline use.</p>
   
  <h3 id="subscribe">Subscribe...</h3> 
  <p>Opens a dialog which allows you to subscribe or unsubscribe to imap
    folders or news groups.</p>   
 
  <h3 id="rename_folder">Rename Folder</h3>
  <p>Opens a dialog box which allows you to rename the currently selected
    folder. The Inbox, Drafts, Templates, Sent, Junk, and Trash folders may
    no be renamed.</p>
     
  <h3 id="comact_folders">Compact Folders</h3>
  <p>Compacts the mail in each folder of the currently selected account. This
    process removes extra space within the mail file folders which accumulates
    when deleting messages in the middle of the file. This can recover large
    chunks of hard drive space.</p>
     
  <h3 id="empty_trash">Empty Trash</h3>
  <p>Emptys the trash folder of the currently selected account.</p>
     
  <h3 id="offline">Offline</h3>
 
    <h4 id="work_offline">Work Offline</h4>
    <p>Switch &brandShortName; into offline mode. This allows you to read
      and compose mail when not connected to a network.</p>
 
    <h4 id="download_sync_now">Download/Sync Now...</h4>
    <p>TBD</p>
 
    <h4 id="offline_settings">Offline Settings</h4>
    <p>Opens a dialog to allow setting the prefernces for offline usage.</p>
 
    <h4 id="get_flagged_messages">Get Flagged Messages</h4>
    <p>TBD</p>
 
    <h4 id="get_selected_messages">Get Selected Messages</h4>
    <p>TBD</p>
 
  <h3 id="page_setup">Page Setup...</h3>
  <p>Opens the Page Setup dialog which allows the setting of printing
    properties.</p>
 
  <h3 id="print">Print...</h3>
  <p>Displays the Print dialog, where you can specify the number of printed copies,
    etc. Click <em>OK</em> to print the page.</p>
 
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  <h3 id="exit">
    <span class="win">Exit</span>
    <span class="noWin">Quit</span>
  </h3>
  <p>Closes all opened windows in Thunderbird and exits Thunderbird completely.</p>
 
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Revision as of 22:10, 5 February 2005

Filler content for now, will fill with some notes as to what's needed in a sec...

Writing and Sending E-mail

This menu reference describes how to write and send e-mail messages in Thunderbird.

In this section:
  • <a href="#view">View</a>
  • <a href="#message">Message</a>
  • <a href="#tools">Tools</a>

Writing an E-mail

Stuff to cover:

  • Opening the Compose window
  • Addresses
    • Choosing an account/identity from which to send the message
    • Recipients
      • Distinguish between the types (To, From, Bcc, CC, etc.)
        • perhaps just relegate to glossary entries?
  • Subject
  • Content
    • HTML vs. text/plain
  • Sending the E-mail
    • Send
    • Send Later
    • Save as Draft
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