Mail settings
Configure Qboxmail Webmail mail settings for message display, folders, signatures, filters, and email preferences.
Mail settings let you manage your preferences for displaying and organizing your email messages.
To edit the settings, click settings at the bottom left of the sidebar and select the corresponding item in the side menu for the settings you want to change.
Display
Layout
Set your preferred display mode by choosing from:
- three-column view
- view with message preview
- list view
Reading settings
Set your message reading preferences by deciding whether to enable or disable email grouping by conversation, show or hide the priority of received messages, enable or disable read receipt requests, and automatically load images contained in messages.
Folders
Folders
In this section, you will find all default and personal folders.
Default folders (INBOX, Sent, Drafts, Trash) cannot be renamed or deleted.
For each folder, the name, the number of read and unread messages inside it, and the actions that can be performed on the folder are shown.
| Icon | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edit | Edit the folder path and name. Allows you to subscribe to a folder, making it visible. | |
| Delete | Delete | |
| Hide / Make visible | Make the folder visible or hide it using the checkbox. When active, the folder is visible in the list of available folders. |
By clicking , you can edit the settings of a specific folder, such as:
- enabling or disabling subscription, which lets you show or hide the folder in the Mail section sidebar;
- the folder or subfolder path;
- the folder or subfolder name;
- setting a time interval after which messages are automatically deleted.
You can select one of the following time intervals:
- 1 month
- 3 months
- 6 months
- 1 year
- 2 years
- 3 years
- 4 years
- 5 years
If you enable automatic cleanup for a folder, all messages older than the selected time interval will be permanently deleted.
Default folders
Default folders are system folders present in every email account where, unless otherwise specified, messages are automatically sorted.
| Icon | Folder | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Inbox | Contains incoming messages. | |
| Drafts | Contains messages saved as drafts and not yet sent. | |
| Sent | Contains outgoing messages. | |
| Spam | Contains messages classified or marked as spam. | |
| Trash | Contains messages you have deleted. | |
| Archive | Contains messages you have archived with the dedicated button. |
Messages in the Spam and Trash folders are permanently and automatically deleted 30 days after the date they were received or deleted.
Personal folders
Personal folders are non-default folders, useful for organizing your email messages more effectively.
To create, edit, subscribe to, or delete a personal folder, click settings at the bottom left of the navigation bar
and select Folders in the Mail section of the sidebar.
To create a personal folder, click the New folder button, select the path (parent folder) where you want to create the folder, assign it a name, and click Save to confirm the operation.
The folder will automatically appear in the list of folders and in the Mail module sidebar.
You can also create a new personal folder by clicking the + Folder button in
the Mail module sidebar.
To delete a personal folder, click the trash icon next to the folder you want to delete and confirm by clicking Delete.
Shared folders
In this section, you will find all folders that have been shared with you. For each folder, the name, the number of read and unread messages inside it, and the button to enable or disable subscription are shown. Subscription lets you show or hide the folder in the Mail section sidebar.
To share a personal folder, click next to the folder you want to share, open the Sharing tab, and enter the name or
email address of the user you want to share the folder with. Add the user to the list and assign the related folder management permissions. Click Save to confirm the operation.
Composition
Read / delivery confirmation
By clicking the Always request read receipt selector, you can automatically request a read receipt from the recipients of all your messages and receive an automatic notification message if the recipient confirms it.
Read receipts are at the recipient's discretion.
By clicking the Always request delivery confirmation selector, you will set an automatic notification for the successful delivery of all messages you send to the remote server.
Delivery notification does not guarantee that the message has been seen or read by the recipient.
Undo email sending
Lets you select the number of seconds during which you can undo sending an email. The available options are listed below and can be set only for domains with Professional and Enterprise plans:
- 5 seconds
- 10 seconds
- 20 seconds
- 30 seconds
- disabled
Toolbar
To configure the toolbar that best suits your needs, open the Composition page in the settings and scroll down to the dedicated section.
Choose the toolbar from the following available options:
- Default toolbar: includes all available tools and is the configuration shown by default to every user. Clicking the up arrow icon on the right opens the second row of tools.
- Essential toolbar: an essential toolbar containing only the main tools, such as bold, italic, bulleted list, numbered list, insert link, and clear formatting.
- No toolbar: in this mode, no clickable tools are available. You can write text without changing the style through the interface, using only keyboard shortcuts.
- Customizable toolbar: lets you create a custom toolbar. Selecting this option opens a modal where you can build the toolbar by dragging the available tools into an empty bar, choosing which ones to include and defining their order. You can also click Start from the Default toolbar to customize the toolbar starting from the default configuration. By enabling the Enable second row toggle, the toolbar can be expanded to two rows, letting you add more tools and better organize the available space. Clicking the Restart button clears the toolbar created so far and lets you start again. To make changes to a custom toolbar that has already been saved, click the Customize button to open the related window.
How to choose the toolbar
Each toolbar includes:
- a selection radio button
- the name
- a short description
- a preview
Select the desired toolbar using the radio button and confirm your choice by clicking Save at the top right.
The selected toolbar will automatically replace the one currently in use in the message composition window.
Email templates
Email templates make it easier to compose recurring emails by saving templates that you can choose when composing a message.
Create an email template
Go to Email templates. By clicking the New email template button, you can set up a new message to save as a default template.
You need to specify:
- Name: useful for identifying the message among the other saved messages. It will not be part of the email when sent.
- Identity: select from the proposed list the address from which you want the template to be sent. If a signature has been configured for the selected identity, it will automatically be added at the end of the message.
- The message subject.
- The message text.
- You can also add attachments.
After saving at least one template, when composing a new email message you can click Email templates at the bottom of the message composition window and choose the message you want to send from the displayed list.
Each message setting (identity, subject, text, attachments) can be changed before sending the message.
Email template settings by plan
Depending on the plan you are subscribed to, you can set templates with the following limits:
| Basic | Professional | Enterprise | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of configurable email templates | 5 | 20 | 50 |
| Maximum number of attachments | 5 | 10 | 10 |
| Maximum message size (MB) | 5 | 10 | 10 |
Signatures and identities
Set a custom signature for the different identities of your account. It will be automatically added at the bottom of all your new messages.
Identities are generated automatically based on the domain and mailbox aliases configured on your domain. They include the primary address, aliases, and any automatic forwards associated with the mailbox.
For each signature, you will find the display name, the identity associated with the signature, and the actions that can be performed for each signature.
| Icon | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edit | Edit the signature settings. | |
| Delete | Delete | |
| Bcc | Lets you quickly understand whether the Add sender in Bcc setting is active on the signature. |
To add a signature, click New signature, select the identity you want to associate it with, enter the display name and the signature body, and then click Save.
In the signature body, you can also insert HTML code, for example your company logo or a link to a website.
Among the settings associated with a signature, you can enable or disable the following using toggles:
- automatically Add sender in Bcc, especially useful when managing mailboxes with active forwards or in the case of Email Aliases or Domain Aliases.
- Do not add signature to replies
If the New signature button is not present, it means you have no identities
for which to create a signature.
Default senders
In the Signatures and identities section, you will find the settings related to Default senders. Here, you can select the identity to use as the default sender for new messages and the one to use automatically when replying to received emails. Both settings can be changed at any time from the composition window.
It is always possible to change the sender directly while writing the message.
Labels
To create a new label, open the Labels section in the settings. The list of existing labels will be displayed.
Click the New label button, enter the name you want to assign to it and the reference color. You can choose whether to pin the label when the sidebar is collapsed.
After entering all required values, click Save.
You can also create a label by clicking the + Label button in the Mail
module sidebar.
To edit an existing label, click edit next to the label you want to edit,
edit the label and click Save to update the label list.
To pin a label in the Mail module sidebar, making it visible even in compact mode, click edit , enable the Pin the label when the sidebar is closed switch, and save the changes by clicking Save at the top right.
To delete an existing label, click the trash icon next to the label you want to delete and save the changes by clicking Save at the top right.
Labels can be applied automatically to received messages by creating a rule.
To associate a label with an email message, click and open the message you want to associate the label with, click more , select Label, and click the label you want to associate.
Up to 4 labels can be associated with a single email message.
Autoresponder
Set an automatic reply to all messages received by your account by entering the message subject and text.
You can select the time interval, specifying the start and end date and time during which the automatic reply will be active, so that it activates and deactivates automatically on the date you choose.
To activate the changes, click the Enable autoresponder toggle. At this point, all fields will be enabled and you can proceed with creating the message. Once the changes are complete, click Save at the top right.
The automatic reply message is sent to a specific sender only once within a 24-hour period.
Forward messages
Set one or more addresses to which all messages received by your account should be automatically forwarded.
To add a forwarding address, enter the email address to which you want to forward messages, click the + button to add the address to the recipients list, and save the changes by clicking Save at the top right.
To delete an existing forwarding address, click the trash icon next to the address you want to delete and save the changes by clicking Save at the top right.
To keep a local copy of all forwarded messages, enable the corresponding option.
You can enter up to 20 forwarding addresses.
Antispam exceptions
Set your antispam rules by choosing the addresses from which you always want to receive messages (Allowed senders) and those from which you never want to receive them (Blocked senders).
The sensitivity of the Antispam filter can be changed for the entire domain from its settings in the Control Panel.
Never add your own domains to these lists, as this would expose you to possible email fraud.
Allowed senders
The Allowed senders list is a list of email addresses or domains that you consider trusted and from which you always want to receive messages, without those messages being analyzed by the antispam filter.
To add an email address or domain, enter it in the dedicated field and click the + button. The item will be added to the corresponding list.
To remove an email address or domain from the list, click the trash icon next to the address you want to remove from the list.
If you access Webmail as Postmaster and add a domain or email account to the Allowed senders list, the settings will apply to all mailboxes in the domain.
Blocked senders
The Blocked senders list is a list of email addresses or domains that you consider untrusted and believe should be blocked, so that messages attempting to reach you are always rejected by the antispam filter.
To add an email address or domain to the list, enter the email address or domain you want to add and click the + button.
When you add an email address / domain to the Blocked senders list, all messages from it will be automatically blocked and returned to the sender.
To remove an email address or domain from the list, click the trash icon next to the address you want to remove from the list.
If you access Webmail as Postmaster and add a domain or email account to the Allowed senders list, the settings will apply to all mailboxes in the domain.
Rules
Set specific rules for your incoming messages and better organize your mail.
Rules are a very powerful tool. They let you sort or perform other actions on the emails you receive directly on the server side as soon as they arrive. This means that actions are performed regardless of whether you are connected to Webmail.
To add a rule, click New rule, assign a name to the rule you want to add, specify the parameters to assign by choosing from the available options, click Save to add it to the list of existing rules, and save the changes by clicking Save at the top right.
To edit an existing filter, click edit next to the rule you want to edit, make the desired changes, click Save to update the filter list, and save the changes by clicking Save at the top right.
You can change the order in which messages are processed. To do this, click
Reorder and move the desired filters. When finished, click Finish reorder and
then Save.
To disable an existing rule, turn off the related switch and save the changes by clicking Save at the top right.
To delete an existing rule, click the trash icon
next to the rule you want to delete and save the changes by clicking Save at the top right.
Available parameters
| Parameters | Desired value |
|---|---|
| Subject | Message subject |
| Sender | Message sender |
| Recipient | Message recipient |
| Cc | Message Cc recipients |
| Message | Message details |
| Body | Message body |
| Arrival date | Message arrival date |
| Size | Message size |
| Other header | Set a custom header |
You can check whether a parameter contains or does not contain a value, whether it is equal to or is different from a specific value, or whether it exists or does not exist.
The Is equal to and Is not equal to operators are recommended for expert users because they require an exact match with the field content. In most cases, it is preferable to use the Contains and Does not contain operators.
When using the Is equal to or Is not equal to operators, the entered value must exactly match all elements present in the field.
Available actions
| Actions | Effect |
|---|---|
| Move message to a folder | The message is moved to the selected folder |
| Copy message to a folder | The message is copied to the selected folder |
| Reject the message and send an automatic reply | The message is rejected with the entered message |
| Delete the message | The message is deleted |
| Mark the message as | The message is marked as read, deleted, replied, draft, or flagged |
| Apply a label to the message | The selected label is applied to the message |
| Redirect the message to another email address without keeping it in your folder | Redirects the message to another email address without keeping a copy. The message arrives only at the specified address and will not appear in your inbox |
| Send a copy of the message to another email address | Sends a copy of the message to another email address. One copy is delivered to your inbox and the other to the address you specified |
| Keep message in inbox | The message is kept in inbox |
| Stop processing subsequent rules | Rule processing is stopped when the condition occurs |
The rule is executed when the condition matches the configured value. The specified action is then performed.