Mail Preferences


To set Mail preferences that control how you send and receive mail, click Preferences, and then click Mail. The General preferences display by default when you expand the Mail preferences.

Preference
Description
Sending
Choose whether to save a copy of every mail message that you send, or to be prompted to make that decision when you send the message.
Set the default editor to send messages using plain or formatted (HTML) text, or to be prompted to make that decision when you send the message.
Select a security option (depending on how your administrator sets up mail security, you may not have access to this option):
  • Sign mail that you send -- to add a digital equivalent of your signature, that ensures that the message has been sent by you.
  • Encrypt mail that you send -- to protect your message from unauthorized access. The information is scrambled so that only specified recipients can read the message.
  • Always trust Internet certificates for S/MIME encrypted mail that you send -- to send S/MIME encrypted mail even if the recipient's certificate is not a trusted certificate.
Outgoing Mail
Check this option to spell-check messages automatically before sending.
Receiving
You can change how frequently the server is checked for new mail (5 minutes is the default).
You can have new mail display in your Inbox automatically, and be notified when new mail arrives.
Composing Internet Style Replies
You can change the default settings that are used when responding to messages using an Internet-style history.
View and Folder Management
Specify what happens when you delete a calendar document.
Specify how long deleted messages remain in the Trash view before they are removed permanently.
Click Select to choose a folder to use for the "Move and Close" action. To remove a folder so that there is not a designated folder, click Clear.
Enable Allow others to recall mail sent to you if you want IBM(R) Lotus(R) iNotesTM or Lotus Notes(R) mail users to be able to recall their messages.

Details About Mail Preferences

When you work offline and send a mail message, your message appears in the Sent view even when you have not yet connected to your mail server to send and receive new mail.

The option to recall mail is valid only for mail using the mail application template Mail8 (mail8.ntf) or later on a Domino 8x or later server.

If you create a "Move and Close" action, then the folder is an option on the Folder menu (Move to Foldername Folder, for example).


See also

Security Preferences

Encrypt and Sign Messages