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Composing Email Messages

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Last Updated: January 12, 2009 10:10 AM

You can compose and send email messages to other users, provided those users have email addresses. You have the option of composing your email message using plain text, meaning you cannot format the text, or, if you have Internet Explorer 5.5 or later, you can compose it in the Rich Text Editor so that you can format the text. The default option is to compose messages using the Rich Text Editor.

Some of the fields and options on the Compose window are optional. To view procedures for completing specific tasks while composing an email message, select the topic from the Composing Email Messages book in the Contents tab of the help system.

To Compose an Email Message

  1. Click Compose.
  2. Select from the following:
    Email
    Compose a regular email message.
    Text Message
    Compose a message to send as a cellular text to your recipient.
    Email & Text Message
    Compose a message to send as both an email message and a cellular text to your recipient.
  3. In the To field, enter the email address of the person you want to send the email message to. If you enter multiple email addresses, separate the email addresses with a comma.

    NOTE: You can add up to 100 contacts to a single message.

  4. In the Subject field, enter the subject of the email message.
  5. In the text box, enter your message.

    TIP: You can click To, CC, or BCC to select a contact from your Address Book.

  6. To send a copy of the email message to another user, in the CC field, enter the user's email address.
  7. To send a blind copy of the email message to another user, in the BCC field, enter the user's email address.

    NOTE: Email addresses in the BCC field do not display to other users who receive the email message.

  8. In the Subject field, enter the subject of the email message.
  9. In the text box, enter your message.
  10. When you are finished, click Send.