How to write an email in Apple Mail

Write an email

There are three ways to open a new message window in Mail:

• Press cmd-N (?-N),
• Choose File ¡ú New Message, or
• Tap the Compose new message button on the toolbar.

Who do you want to email (and how)?

Enter the desired address or addresses in the To: and Cc: fields.

Note! When you enter a name or an e-mail address in the To: or Cc: fields, Apple Mail will do an automatic lookup against your address book in Contacts and against the Global Address List (GAL) at UiO, enabling the automatic completion of an email adress. GAL (Found on Servers) contains all the names, e-mail addresses of everyone at UiO, as well as room information.

Add attachments

Apple Mail distinguishes between two ways of adding attachments:

• First click on the paperclip button in the toolbar, then on the desired attachment, and then click on Choose File to attach. You may want to make sure that the option Send Windows-Friendly Attachments under Options is enabled.
• If you want to attach a photo from Photos, click the Show or hide the photo browser button instead. The images are displayed here in the same way as you have organized your images in Photos.

You can also drag and drop images, movies, audio files, PDF files, etc. right into your outgoing email.

Reply, Reply all, Forward and Redirect

We have four ways to respond to an email:

• Reply to the person who wrote the email
• Reply to everyone who is the recipient of the email
• Forward the email to one or more of you, e.g. think will be interested in it or if you want to delegate a task
• Redirect - If you don¡¯t want to be involved in the conversation anymore

Send the email

When you're done writing your email, click the Send button or press Shift-Command-D (?-?-D).