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.
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
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Getting Around
Logging in, the sidebar, folders, the message list, search, and the phone layout.
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Reading Mail
Plain text by default, viewing HTML, remote images, attachments, and every message action.
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Writing Mail
The compose screen from the From field to Undo Send, including Secure Links, Undo Send and Scheduled Send.
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Contacts
Address books, groups, and the Collected Recipients and Trusted Senders books.
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Multiple Address Books
Creating separate address books and syncing each one to your devices.
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Keyboard Shortcuts
Every key the webmail responds to.
2. Settings
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Preferences Explained
Every option under Settings → Preferences.
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The Settings Pages
What each of the other Settings tabs is for, with a link to its guide.
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Desktop Layout
Three columns, preview below, or list only.
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Color Schemes
Palettes and dark mode.
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Interface Density
List density and toolbar size.
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Languages
The interface in more than 80 languages.
3. Your Addresses
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Alias Types
Account aliases, masked aliases, random aliases and auto-expiring addresses.
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Using Aliases
Giving every website its own address, and killing one when it leaks.
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Identities
Sending from each of your addresses with its own name and signature.
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Custom Domains
Using your own domain with CodaMail.
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Available Domains
The CodaMail domains you can create addresses on.
4. Organizing and Controlling Mail
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Folders
Creating, nesting and managing folders.
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Labels
Colored labels that sync to Thunderbird as tags.
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Mail Delivery Filters
Server-side rules that file, label, forward or discard as mail arrives.
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Auto-Reply and Forwarding
Out of Office replies and passing mail to another address.
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Whitelist
Mail that skips every check and lands where you want it.
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Blocking Mail
Rejecting senders, domains and servers before they reach you.
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Antispam Tools
Your spam-filter settings and how the layers fit together.
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Importing and Exporting Mail
Bringing mail in from another provider and taking it with you.
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Fetch Mail
Collecting mail from your other accounts on a schedule.
5. Security and Privacy
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Privacy by Default
What is protected without any setup, and the settings that would undo it.
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TOTP Two-Factor
Authenticator-app codes at login.
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Security Keys
YubiKey and other FIDO2 keys, Touch ID and Windows Hello.
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App Passwords
Separate, revocable passwords for every phone and mail program.
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Password, Recovery and Login History
Changing your password, setting up recovery, and reviewing recent logins.
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Managing PGP Keys
Key pairs, other people's keys, and signing and encrypting from the composer.
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Automatic PGP Encryption
Encrypting incoming mail to your key as it arrives.
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Custom Headers
Adding, changing and removing headers on the mail you send.
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Deadman Switch
Messages that send themselves if you stop logging in.
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Using CodaMail Most Securely
Putting all of the above together.
6. Calendar, Tasks, Notes and Sync
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Calendar
Calendars, events, invitations, sharing and national holidays.
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More Calendars
Sun and moon, religious holidays, calendar systems and date labels.
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Tasks
To-do lists with due dates, shown in the calendar if you like.
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Notes
Markdown, HTML and text notes with images, PDFs, audio and video, in folders.
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Canvas Boards
Visual boards compatible with Obsidian canvas.
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CodaMail Notebook
End-to-end encrypted notebooks that sync with the Joplin app on desktop and phone.
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Syncing Calendars, Tasks and Contacts
Sync tokens and setup for every platform.
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Syncing Notes
Obsidian and other WebDAV note apps.
7. Your Account
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Account Information
Plan, expiry, storage, server settings, renewing and upgrading.
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Renew or Upgrade
Extending your plan or moving to another.
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Plans and Pricing
What each plan includes.
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Getting Started Guide
The big picture for a new account.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Short answers to common questions.
