When composing a message, there are various customization options available. You can edit these customization options to fit your sending preferences.
The composer
The composer is where you can write your messages. Your message can be sent to recipients in different ways, and various actions can be taken on the message.
Sending to recipients
A message can be sent to one recipient or multiple recipients. Recipients can be added to the To field, Cc field, and/or the Bcc field. For the Cc and Bcc options, clicking on Show Cc and Show Bcc will display the Cc and Bcc fields. Recipients added to the Cc field will be carbon copied, and recipients added to the Bcc field will be blind carbon copied.
"More" options
The More button shows extra options that you can enable for your message. These options include Make plain text, Mark high priority, and Request read receipt.
Clicking the Make plain text option will remove all formatting from your message and convert it to plain text.
Enabling the Mark high priority option will tell the recipient that you believe your message should be considered as urgent. This is usually indicated
Enabling the Request read receipt option will request that the recipient notify you when they've read your message.
More details on the Mark high priority and Request read receipt options can be found in the Read receipts help page.
Actions that can be taken on a message
There are different actions that can be taken on a message. These are found at the top of the composer, and include the Send, Save draft, and Discard actions.
Clicking on Send will send your message to the intended recipients. There is also the Scheduled Send option, which can be accessed by clicking on the down arrow that is on the right side of Send. This is used for scheduling a later time in which your message will be sent out. For more details, see the Scheduled Send help page.
Clicking on Save draft will save the message you're currently composing as a draft. For more details, see the Drafts help page.
Clicking on Discard will delete the message you're currently composing.
Formatting toolbar
There are various options available for formatting your messages in the composer. For a more detailed explanation of the formatting options, please see the Add formatting to emails help page.
Compose settings
These settings can be found in Settings → Mail preferences.
Compose
This section includes settings you can apply when you are writing a message.
- Default address: Set the address you want as the default when writing your messages.
- Undo send: Enable or disable the period of time where you can undo the sending of a message.
- Auto-save contacts: Enable or disable automatically saving addresses you communicate with to your contacts.
- Compose format: Set the format of when you're writing a message to rich text or plain text. There is also an option to use the same format as the original message when you are replying.
- Default style: Use the formatting section to set default styling for when you're writing your messages. The formatting added here will automatically apply when composing a new message or replying to a message.
- Default mail app: Choose to make Fastmail your default email app.
When replying
This section includes settings you can apply when replying to messages.
- Reply from: Choose which address you want to reply from.
- Default reply to: Choose the default behavior for when replying in an email thread.
- Put my signature at the ___: Choose where within the message to place your signature. For more information on signatures, please see the How to create a signature help page.
- Include the original message ___: Choose how you want the original message to be shown in your reply.
- Reply attribution: This is where you can modify your reply attribution line. For more details on this, see the Reply attribution help page.
When forwarding
This section includes settings you can apply when you're forwarding a message.
- Put my signature at the ___: Choose where within the message to place your signature. For details on signatures, see the How to create a signature help page.
- Include the original message ___: Choose how you want the original message you're forwarding to be shown in your message.