Close Window x

Frequently Asked Questions

Help Center Search

Setting Composing Preferences

Print this Article
Last Updated: November 12, 2008 3:36 PM

You can customize your composing preferences for your Web-Based Email through the Settings menu.

To Set Composing Preferences

  1. From the Settings menu, click Display Settings.
  2. Click the Composing tab.
  3. Set the following preferences:
    Use Pop-up Compose
    Use a pop-up window to compose email messages.
    Use HTML Compose
    Use the Rich Text (HTML) Editor to compose email messages.
    Select Spell Check Tool
    Select Firefox 2.0 to use Firefox's built-in spell checking feature. Select Web-Based Email to use Web-Based Email's spell checking feature.

    For more information see, Checking Spelling in Email Messages.

    NOTE: This feature is only available in Firefox.

    Always Spell Check Before Send
    Spell check email messages before you send them.
    Default Message Font
    Set the default font type, color, and size used when composing messages.
    Default Delay for Scheduled Email Delivery
    Set a default time for scheduling to send an email message, selecting the day, hour, and minute increment.

    NOTE: When you compose an email message, the default schedule time will reflect the option you selected. For example, if you set the default for five hours, when you compose an email message, the default scheduled time for delivery will be five hours later than your current time.

    Put People I Reply to in My Address Book
    Automatically add a new contact to your address book when you reply to an email message from the contact.
    Unsaved Draft Protection
    Select an option for handling email messages that you do not save or send.
    Automatically Save Draft
    Automatically save a draft while composing messages, from the list, select the frequency for auto-saving.
    Copy Email Messages to Sent Items
    Specify an option for copying messages to your Sent Items folder.
    Include Reply by default
    Automatically include your reply when you send and file the original email message.
    Disable Photo Store
    Disable the Photo Store print option for recipients using Web-Based Email, when you send images in your email messages.
    Save a copy of message in Sent Items
    Save sent messages in your Sent Items folder.
  4. Click OK.