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    <desc>Writing a new email to send to a recipient.</desc>
    
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      <name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name>
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<title>Composing a new message</title>

<p>You can start writing a new email message by clicking <guiseq><gui>File</gui><gui>New</gui><gui>Mail Message</gui></guiseq>, by pressing <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Ctrl</key><key>M</key></keyseq>, or by clicking <gui>New</gui> in the toolbar.</p>

<p>Enter an email address in the <gui>To:</gui> field. If you want to enter multiple addresses, separate them by commas. See <link xref="mail-composer-several-recipients"/> for more information on sending messages to more than one person.</p>

<p>After you have written your message, click <gui>Send</gui> or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Return</key></keyseq>.</p>
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