Replying, forwarding and drafts

This article describes how to reply to a message, how to forward it, save it as a draft and continue it later. The compose window itself with all its fields is described in Writing an email.

1. Open the message in the reading pane.
2. In the reply bar at the bottom, choose Antworten (Reply) (or Weitere Aktionen (More actions) › Antworten, or right-click the message in the message list).
3. The Antwort (Reply) window opens. The window header also shows the subject.
4. There are two empty lines above the quote; write your reply there.
5. Choose Senden (Send).

The app fills in the window as follows:

• An (To): the reply-to address of the message, if the sender specified one, otherwise the sender.
• Betreff (Subject): “Re: ” and the original subject. Existing prefixes such as “Re:”, “AW:”, “WG:”, “Fwd:” or “Fw:” are removed first, so that no “Re: AW: Re:” is created. The app uses “Re:”, not “AW:”.
• Text: the line “Am 05.11.2026, 08:52 Uhr schrieb Leia Organza” (on 11/05/2026 at 08:52, Leia Organza wrote), followed by the sender's address in angle brackets and a colon, and below it the original message as an indented quote block.

After sending, the server marks the original message as answered; an arrow icon then appears in the message list, see Message list, search and filters.

1. In the reply bar, choose Allen antworten (Reply all).
2. The Antwort an alle (Reply to all) window opens.

In addition to a normal reply, the app takes over:

• An (To): all recipients of the original message except your own address and the sender (who is already entered as the recipient of the reply).
• Cc: the copy recipients of the original message without your own address. If Cc is filled, the field is visible right away.

Blind copy recipients of the original message are not known and are not taken over.

1. In the reply bar, choose Weiterleiten (Forward).
2. The Weiterleitung (Forward) window opens. An (To) is empty.
3. Enter recipients and, if needed, write a text above the forwarded message.
4. Choose Senden (Send).

• Betreff (Subject): “FWD: ” and the original subject (not “WG:”).
• Text: the line “---------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ----------” (forwarded message), then “Von:” (From), “Datum:” (Date), “Betreff:” (Subject), “An:” (To) and, if present, “Cc:” of the original message, and below that its text (without a quote block).
• Anhänge (Attachments): all attachments of the original message are sent along. The sentence “Die Anhänge des Originals (…) werden mitgeschickt.” (the attachments of the original (…) are sent along) below the writing area points this out. Individual attachments cannot be deselected.

• Text and background colors of the original message are removed so that the quote stays readable in every theme.
• Embedded images of the original message (for example a logo in the signature) are missing from the quote. Attachments are still sent along when forwarding.

1. In the compose window, choose Entwurf speichern (Save draft).
2. The confirmation reads “Entwurf gespeichert” (draft saved) – “Zu finden unter „Entwürfe“.” (can be found under “Entwürfe”, Drafts).
3. The window stays open. Continuing to write and choosing Entwurf speichern again replaces the saved draft; no second copy is created.

• A draft can also be saved without recipients.
• If saving fails, “Entwurf” (draft) appears with the reason, for example “Der Mailserver hat den Entwurf nicht angenommen.” (the mail server did not accept the draft)
• Drafts are not saved automatically, not even at intervals. If the window is discarded, the last saved version remains in Entwürfe (Drafts).

1. In the navigation column, open the Entwürfe (Drafts) folder.
2. Click the draft in the message list. Instead of the reply bar, the reading pane only shows Entwurf bearbeiten (Edit draft).
3. Choose Entwurf bearbeiten (or Weitere Aktionen (More actions) › Entwurf bearbeiten).
4. The Entwurf (Draft) window opens with the saved version.
5. Continue writing, then choose Senden (Send) or Entwurf speichern (Save draft) again.

An (To), Cc (the field is then visible), Betreff (Subject) and Text are taken over. The following applies:

• Bcc is not taken over; enter blind copy recipients again if needed.

• Embedded images in the draft's text cannot be edited and are missing after the next save. The notice “Ein eingebettetes Bild des Entwurfs lässt sich hier nicht bearbeiten und fehlt nach dem Speichern.” (an embedded image of the draft cannot be edited here and will be missing after saving; or “2 eingebettete Bilder …”, 2 embedded images …) points this out.

• If the draft had attachments, the Anhänge (Attachments) area lists them with “Im Entwurf gespeichert: …” (saved in the draft: …). They cannot be removed individually in the window.

• Writing an email
• Reading messages
• Folders
• Messages in separate windows