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CodaMail Webmail Guide

Everything the webmail interface does, screen by screen and setting by setting.

The complete user guide: every screen, every setting, and every feature, in seven chapters.

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Contents

Seven chapters. Pages written for this guide list their sections; pages marked with an arrow are the feature guides elsewhere on the site, included here so that everything CodaMail offers is in one place.

1. The Webmail

  1. Getting Around

    Logging in, the sidebar, folders, the message list, search, and the phone layout.

    1. Logging In
    2. The Sidebar
    3. The Mail Screen
    4. Search
    5. Making It Look the Way You Want
    6. On a Phone or Tablet
    7. Sessions and Logging Out
  2. Reading Mail

    Plain text by default, viewing HTML, remote images, attachments, and every message action.

    1. Opening a Message
    2. Plain Text by Default
    3. Remote Images: Blocked, Proxied, or Direct
    4. Attachments
    5. Message Actions
    6. Other Things You Will Notice
  3. Writing Mail

    The compose screen from the From field to Undo Send, including Secure Links, Undo Send and Scheduled Send.

    1. Starting a Message
    2. The Header Fields
    3. Plain Text or HTML
    4. Attachments and Secure Links
    5. The Options Panel
    6. Signatures and Responses
    7. Spelling and Language
    8. Sending, and Taking It Back
  4. Contacts

    Address books, groups, and the Collected Recipients and Trusted Senders books.

    1. The Contacts Screen
    2. Working with Contacts
    3. Why Contacts Matter for Privacy
    4. Contacts on Your Devices
  5. Multiple Address Books

    Creating separate address books and syncing each one to your devices.

  6. Keyboard Shortcuts

    Every key the webmail responds to.

2. Settings

  1. Preferences Explained

    Every option under Settings → Preferences.

    1. How Preferences Work
    2. User Interface
    3. Mailbox View
    4. Displaying Messages
    5. Composing Messages
    6. Contacts
    7. Special Folders
    8. Server Settings
    9. Encryption
    10. Labels Options
    11. Calendar
  2. The Settings Pages

    What each of the other Settings tabs is for, with a link to its guide.

    1. Mail Setup
    2. Account and Addresses
    3. Incoming Mail
    4. Outgoing Mail
    5. Security
  3. Desktop Layout

    Three columns, preview below, or list only.

  4. Color Schemes

    Palettes and dark mode.

  5. Interface Density

    List density and toolbar size.

  6. Languages

    The interface in more than 80 languages.

3. Your Addresses

  1. Alias Types

    Account aliases, masked aliases, random aliases and auto-expiring addresses.

  2. Using Aliases

    Giving every website its own address, and killing one when it leaks.

  3. Identities

    Sending from each of your addresses with its own name and signature.

  4. Custom Domains

    Using your own domain with CodaMail.

  5. Available Domains

    The CodaMail domains you can create addresses on.

4. Organizing and Controlling Mail

  1. Folders

    Creating, nesting and managing folders.

  2. Labels

    Colored labels that sync to Thunderbird as tags.

  3. Mail Delivery Filters

    Server-side rules that file, label, forward or discard as mail arrives.

  4. Auto-Reply and Forwarding

    Out of Office replies and passing mail to another address.

    1. Out of Office Auto-Reply
    2. Forwarding
  5. Whitelist

    Mail that skips every check and lands where you want it.

    1. What the Whitelist Does
    2. Adding an Entry
    3. Whitelist, Filters or Trusted Senders?
  6. Blocking Mail

    Rejecting senders, domains and servers before they reach you.

  7. Antispam Tools

    Your spam-filter settings and how the layers fit together.

  8. Importing and Exporting Mail

    Bringing mail in from another provider and taking it with you.

  9. Fetch Mail

    Collecting mail from your other accounts on a schedule.

    1. What Fetch Mail Does
    2. Adding an Account
    3. Checking That It Works

5. Security and Privacy

  1. Privacy by Default

    What is protected without any setup, and the settings that would undo it.

    1. The Principle
    2. When You Read
    3. When You Send
    4. Your Session
    5. Settings That Would Undo It
  2. TOTP Two-Factor

    Authenticator-app codes at login.

  3. Security Keys

    YubiKey and other FIDO2 keys, Touch ID and Windows Hello.

  4. App Passwords

    Separate, revocable passwords for every phone and mail program.

    1. Why App Passwords
    2. Creating One
    3. Managing Them
  5. Password, Recovery and Login History

    Changing your password, setting up recovery, and reviewing recent logins.

    1. Changing Your Password
    2. Password Recovery
    3. Last Login
  6. Managing PGP Keys

    Key pairs, other people's keys, and signing and encrypting from the composer.

    1. Two Kinds of Encryption
    2. Your Key Pair
    3. Other People's Keys
    4. Sending and Receiving
  7. Automatic PGP Encryption

    Encrypting incoming mail to your key as it arrives.

  8. Custom Headers

    Adding, changing and removing headers on the mail you send.

    1. What Headers Are
    2. Add or Change Headers
    3. Remove Headers
  9. Deadman Switch

    Messages that send themselves if you stop logging in.

    1. What It Is
    2. Master Settings
    3. Writing the Messages
  10. Using CodaMail Most Securely

    Putting all of the above together.

6. Calendar, Tasks, Notes and Sync

  1. Calendar

    Calendars, events, invitations, sharing and national holidays.

  2. More Calendars

    Sun and moon, religious holidays, calendar systems and date labels.

  3. Tasks

    To-do lists with due dates, shown in the calendar if you like.

  4. Notes

    Markdown, HTML and text notes with images, PDFs, audio and video, in folders.

  5. Canvas Boards

    Visual boards compatible with Obsidian canvas.

  6. CodaMail Notebook

    End-to-end encrypted notebooks that sync with the Joplin app on desktop and phone.

  7. Syncing Calendars, Tasks and Contacts

    Sync tokens and setup for every platform.

  8. Syncing Notes

    Obsidian and other WebDAV note apps.

7. Your Account

  1. Account Information

    Plan, expiry, storage, server settings, renewing and upgrading.

    1. The Page
    2. Server Settings
    3. Renewing and Upgrading
    4. Legacy COTSE Webmail
  2. Renew or Upgrade

    Extending your plan or moving to another.

  3. Plans and Pricing

    What each plan includes.

  4. Getting Started Guide

    The big picture for a new account.

  5. Frequently Asked Questions

    Short answers to common questions.

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