The Mail screen

The E-Mail (Email) area is divided into four columns: the navigation with folders on the left, the message list next to it, the reading pane in the middle and the widget column on the right. This article describes the columns, their widths and the elements of the navigation.

• Navigation (left): the Neue E-Mail (New email) button, folder tree with counters, the Kategorien (Categories) group, and at the bottom the storage indicator and Einstellungen (Settings). Can be collapsed into the narrow bar.
• Message list: two-line list header with folder name, search, filter, sorting and folder menu, below it the messages of the open folder. Details in Message list, search and filters.
• Reading pane: shows the selected message. Without a selection it shows Keine Nachricht gewählt (No message selected) with the hint "Zum Lesen links eine Nachricht auswählen." (Select a message on the left to read it.); in an empty folder Keine Nachrichten (No messages) – "In diesem Ordner liegt zurzeit nichts." (There is nothing in this folder at the moment.) Content and toolbar are described in Reading messages.
• Widget column (right): heading Überblick (Overview) or Details, below it widgets such as month, appointments, team, storage and categories. The column also appears next to Calendar, Contacts, Notes and Tasks. See Widget column and Team.

Above the columns is the app's header bar with the mailbox selector, the area switcher (E-Mail (Email), Kalender (Calendar), Kontakte (Contacts), Notizen (Notes), Aufgaben (Tasks)) and the buttons on the right. It is described in INGOS Mail at a glance, the mailbox selector in Mailboxes and sharing.

From top to bottom:

• Neue E-Mail (New email): main button with a pen. Opens the window for writing a new message, see Writing an email. The button appears as soon as a mailbox is linked. In the other areas, this spot holds the respective button for creating an item, for example a new appointment or contact.
• Folder tree: standard folders, your own folders and below them Mit mir geteilt (Shared with me). The number of unread messages appears to the right of each folder. See Folders.
• Kategorien (Categories): heading for expanding and collapsing (tooltip "Kategorien zuklappen" (Collapse categories) or "Kategorien aufklappen" (Expand categories)), below it a color dot and name for each category. A click shows only messages of that category (tooltip "Nur Nachrichten der Kategorie [Name]" (Only messages of category [Name])); a second click removes the filter. Whether the group appears is controlled by the setting Kategorien in der Navigation (Categories in the navigation). See Categories.
• Speicher (Storage): mailbox usage, see below.
• Einstellungen (Settings): opens the app settings, see Settings.

The expanded or collapsed state of the folders and categories is saved in the browser.

The storage indicator sits at the bottom of the navigation, only in the E-Mail (Email) area.

• Ring with percentage: share of used storage relative to the storage limit. Below 1 % it shows "<1 %", otherwise a rounded value.
• Speicher (Storage) with "[belegt] von [Grenze]" ([used] of [limit]). The tooltip reads "[belegt] von [Grenze] belegt" ([used] of [limit] used).
• From 90 %, the ring turns red.
• Without a storage limit: full, neutral ring and "[belegt] belegt" ([used] used), tooltip "[belegt] belegt, ohne Speichergrenze" ([used] used, no storage limit).
• If the mail server provides no values, the indicator is missing.

The storage indicator always applies to your own mailbox, even if another person's mailbox is selected at the top. A breakdown by data type is shown by the Speicher (Storage) widget, see Widget column and Team.

1. Click the drag handle on the right edge of the navigation (tooltip "Breite ziehen — ganz schmal = nur Icons (Klick = umschalten)" (Drag width — very narrow = icons only (click = toggle))).
2. The navigation collapses into the narrow bar. Another click on the handle restores the last width.
3. Alternatively, choose Navigation ausklappen (Expand navigation) at the top of the narrow bar.

If you drag the navigation very narrow, it also switches to the narrow bar.

From top to bottom, the narrow bar contains:

• Navigation ausklappen (Expand navigation): expands to the last width used.
• Round Neue E-Mail (New email) button.
• The six standard folders as icons in the order Posteingang (Inbox), Gesendet (Sent), Entwürfe (Drafts), Spam, Geplant (Scheduled), Papierkorb (Trash). The name appears as a tooltip. A small dot on the icon indicates unread messages.
• Kategorien (Categories) as color dots in a pill, below it a double arrow for collapsing and expanding. Clicking a dot filters as in the open navigation. If a category filter is active, a dot at the top right of the pill indicates "Ein Kategorie-Filter ist an" (A category filter is on).
• Kategorien verwalten (Manage categories) (hexagon): opens the category settings.
• Weitere Ordner (More folders): menu with the remaining folders of the mailbox selected at the top in the mailbox selector, shown as a path such as "Projekte › Prüfstand Garching". A dot on the icon indicates unread messages in these folders.
• Storage pill with ring and percentage (without a storage limit, the used size in short form) and Einstellungen (Settings).

• Navigation: drag the handle on the right, from very narrow up to 340 px, default 240 px. Double-clicking the handle restores 240 px.
• Message list: drag the handle between the list and the reading pane (tooltip "Breite ziehen — ganz schmal = nur Symbole (Doppelklick = Standard)" (Drag width — very narrow = icons only (double-click = default))), up to 520 px, default 340 px. If it becomes narrower than about 150 px, it snaps to a strip. Double-clicking restores 340 px.
• Reading pane: takes up the remaining width.
• Widget column: fixed width, can be collapsed and expanded with the arrow in its header (Überblick einklappen (Collapse overview), Details einklappen (Collapse details) or, next to Calendar, Contacts, Notes and Tasks, Widgets einklappen (Collapse widgets)). In the collapsed strip, clicking an avatar opens the person's menu with Anrufen (Call). In narrow windows, the column is hidden.

All widths are saved in the browser.

1. In the list header, choose Liste einklappen (Collapse list) (arrow on the right of the first row, also in the Aktionen zum Ordner (Folder actions) menu).
2. The list becomes a narrow strip. Names, subject, group headers and search row are hidden; the avatars remain visible, and unread messages still carry the colored bar.
3. Use Liste ausklappen (Expand list) to return to the last width.

On narrow screens, the layout adapts:

• The message list fills the full width. The area switcher is combined into a single button, and the mailbox selector sits on its own row.
• Menü (Menu) (three lines at the top left) opens the navigation as a drawer over the list.
• An open message lies full-screen over the list; Zurück zur Liste (Back to list) (arrow at the top left) returns to the list.
• The widget column is hidden.

• INGOS Mail at a glance
• Getting started
• Folders
• Message list, search and filters