# Compose new email and add recipient | SmartMail

> Step-by-step for users: the sender box is selected, recipients are added from the contact list or distribution list, and the subject and body are written.

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# Composing a new email and adding a recipient

With **New email** in the top bar, the user opens the compose window, chooses which mailbox to send from and adds recipients. As you type in the recipient field, it suggests people in the organization, addresses you have corresponded with before and distribution lists.

- User with write permission in the mailbox

## How do you compose a new email and add a recipient?

The user opens the compose window with New email in the top bar, selects the mailbox to send the email from and adds recipients. Who can do this: a user with write permission on the mailbox. Preview and Send opens a send preview showing the final version of the email, including the signature. As you type in the recipient field, it suggests people in the organization, addresses you have corresponded with before and distribution lists.

## Steps

Click **New email** in the top bar.

From the **From** list, select which mailbox the email will be sent from 1. Recipient suggestions and file attachment become available after a sender is selected.

Start typing an address or name in the **To** field 2 and select one of the suggestions. Type an address that is not in the list and press Enter. To choose people in your organization, click **Browse contacts** 3.

If needed, open the **Cc** and **Bcc** fields and add recipients.

Enter the **Subject** and your message, then click **Preview and Send** 4.

- 1From which mailbox

- 2Recipients

- 3Person selector

- 4Switches to preview

New email window, with demo data.

## Adding recipients with a distribution list

Start typing the list name in the **To** field 1.

Under **Distribution lists** in the suggestions, select the list 2. All members of the list are added individually to the recipient field.

- 1Start writing

- 2List: all members are added

Recipient suggestions, with demo data.

## Priority and read receipt

In the compose window, click **More options**.

For **Priority**, select **Low**, **Normal** or **High** 1. To request a read receipt from the recipient, select **Request read receipt** 2.

- 1Low / Normal / High

- 2Read status

More options, with demo data.

**ResultPreview and Send** opens a send preview showing the final version of the mail, including the signature. The mail is sent, scheduled or submitted for approval from there.

**Sending a meeting invitation** While composing a mail, select **Add meeting invitation**, enter the start and end time and, if you want, the location or meeting link. The invitation title is the mail subject. The mail is sent as a calendar invitation to everyone in To and Cc; the recipient's calendar app shows the invitation with the option to accept or decline. The invitation is added only on immediate send; if you want to schedule a mail with an invitation, send it for approval or send it via secure link, SmartMail warns you and does not send it.

- 1Add meeting invitation

- 2Start and end

Meeting invitation fields, with demo data.

**Tip**When you close the window, what you have written is saved as a draft. When many recipients are selected, the window shows a reminder.

## Related pages

- [Previewing the email before sending](/en/smartmail/belgeler/kullanici/gondermeden-once-onizleme)

- [Adding files and sending large files](/en/smartmail/belgeler/kullanici/dosya-ekleme)

- [Write the email with AI](/en/smartmail/belgeler/kullanici/yapay-zeka-ile-yazma)

- [SmartMail features](/en/smartmail/ozellikler)