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This guide explains how to configure and customize the display of the Web app Mail Infomaniak (online service mail.infomaniak.com).
Preamble
- General settings affect all email addresses currently attached to your account on Mail.
- They are specific to your user only and do not affect other users (from the same Organization for example).
- The same email address retrieved on Mail by another user will have its own settings independently of yours.
Access settings
To do this:
- Click here to access the Mail Infomaniak web app (online service mail.infomaniak.com).
- Click on the Settings icon ‍ at the top right of the interface.
- Browse through the various menus on the left and, depending on the type of customization desired, first select the email address to configure:
Examples of settings
You can never quote the original message when replying: refer to this other guide for more information.
Also:
Manage light/dark theme
The automatic mode is based on the settings of your operating system (macOS / Windows...) and is global to the Calendar, Contacts, kSuite etc. interfaces.
- Click here to access the Web app Mail Infomaniak (online service mail.infomaniak.com).
- Click on the Settings icon ‍ at the top right of the interface.
- Click on Appearance in the left sidebar.
- Set up the interface (e.g., light/dark theme):
Customize the display type
To **always write in a full-screen window** instead of the reduced display at the bottom right:
- Click here to access the Web app Mail Infomaniak (online service mail.infomaniak.com).
- Click on the Settings icon ‍ at the top right of the interface.
- Click on Send in the left sidebar.
- Turn on the toggle switch to the right of the “Compose emails in full screen” option:
To change the display density of your inbox:
- Click here to access the Web app Mail Infomaniak (online service mail.infomaniak.com).
- Click on the Settings icon ‍ at the top right of the interface.
- Click on Customization in the left sidebar.
- Choose the desired display type.
- Choose the desired display density:
Choose the default font
Further down on the same window, you can set the default font for all your new messages:
- Click here to access the Web app Mail Infomaniak (online service mail.infomaniak.com).
- Click on the Settings icon ‍ at the top right of the interface.
- Click on Customization in the left sidebar.
- Select the desired font:
Change the number of items displayed
You can increase or decrease the number of emails displayed on a single page up to a maximum of 200 items:
- Click here to access the Web app Mail Infomaniak (online service mail.infomaniak.com).
- Click on the Settings icon ‍ at the top right of the interface.
- Click on Reception in the left sidebar.
- Choose the number of items to display:
Group your emails by subjects/senders
This mode allows you to group received emails based on the discussion subject, making the inbox display lighter and easier to follow messages from different conversation participants:
- Click here to access the Web app Mail Infomaniak (online service mail.infomaniak.com).
- Click on the Settings icon ‍ at the top right of the interface.
- Click on Reception in the left sidebar.
- Choose a Message display mode:
When the Discussions mode is not activated, you read your emails one by one:
When it is activated, you read the different messages in the same window chronologically, one below the other:
In your inbox, you can directly see the number of emails contained in a single discussion:
Modify the specific settings for email addresses
To access the signature, alias, etc. settings specific to each of your Infomaniak email addresses:
- Click here to access the Mail Infomaniak web app (online service mail.infomaniak.com).
- Click on the Settings icon ‍ at the top right of the interface.
- Check or select the relevant email address from the dropdown menu in the left sidebar:
- Click on the different elements of the left secondary sidebar to configure your email address:
This guide explains how to connect the email application Thunderbird to an email address hosted by Infomaniak.
Prerequisites
- Create the address within my kSuite or on a Service Mail (Service Mail only, or existing within a kSuite).
- Test the email password (do not confuse it with the one used to log in to the Infomaniak interface).
- Check on the Service Mail that the automatic diagnosis is correct.
Add the email address to the application
To configure the email application:
- Download the latest version of Thunderbird.
- Open the application.
- Check and complete the missing information by scrolling down if necessary.
- Click on Continue:
- The information found by Thunderbird about your email provider is displayed, leave IMAP selected:
- Click on Finish.
- In some cases, a warning about a certificate may appear. Simply confirm the security exception if the information mentions Infomaniak:
- The summary of your registration appears, click on Finish to add the address (or configure other services from there):
- There you go, your email address is now configured in the application:
Recommended settings
- Incoming IMAP server = mail.infomaniak.com
- IMAP Port = 993 (with SSL)
- Outgoing SMTP server = mail.infomaniak.com
- SMTP port = 465 (with SSL)
- Username = the full & complete email address ( ? )
- Password = the one assigned to the email address you want to access ( ? )
- Authentication required for sending emails:
- It is activated in the SMTP settings of your application.
- Check "use the same settings as the incoming server" or, depending on the software/email client, enter a username (= full & complete email address) and its password.
Refer to this other guide if you are looking for information about other compatible messaging ports and protocols.
In case of trouble
⚠️ Infomaniak's email service is compatible with any application supporting IMAP/SMTP. For additional help, contact the support of the software used or a partner — also discover the role of the host.
There is no need to contact Infomaniak Support if your email address works well outside of the application. The most common error involves using an incorrect password. The troubleshooting guides help you resolve any potential issues:
- Learn about the solutions provided in this other guide regarding email in general.
- This other guide is more specifically about Thunderbird.
… and if Thunderbird no longer works since a change of email password, refer to this other guide.
This guide explains how to get information about...
- ... the connections that are made to the Manager Infomaniak with your user account login ID
- ... the activities carried out within the Manager by your user account
Get log of connections to user account
To consult a logbook of connections (active sessions) which take place at the Manager Infomaniak with your user account login ID:
- Click here in order to access the summary of accesses to the Manager Infomaniak by your user account.
- From the tab Access to the account, see the list of devices that are connected to your Infomaniak account:
- You can terminate an open session by clicking on the icon
to the right of the device's name connected to your account, which will disconnect it.
Be notified in case of successful or unsuccessful connection
To be notified by e-mail when connecting or attempting to connect to your user account:
- Click hereto access the security summary of your user account on the Manager Infomaniak.
- Click on Safety parameters:
- Select the cases for which you wish to be alerted by e-mail (warning when connecting successfully, or only in case of a failed connection).
At the same place, you can choose from how many unsuccessful minimal attempts lock your user account.
Once locked, the account can be unlocked by a Organization's administrator or by a secure form.
Get user account activity log
To see the recent activities carried out within the Manager by your user account:
- Click here in order to access the summary of the activity of your user account on the Manager Infomaniak.
- From the tab Account activities, check out the latest activities and actions in your user account:
- Log search and filtering options are available: date, product or type of action.
This guide explains how to delete an Infomaniak user account / Mail, i.e. erase your access to the Manager and/or the Mail interface mail.infomaniak.com.
Preamble
- This operation results in the immediate deletion of your calendars and address books.
- All access to the Manager with this identifier will be lost.
- This operation does not result in the deletion of email addresses accessed from the account in question (except for some free offers, but in this case, this is specified to you before the deletion operation).
- If the account you are using is the only account existing within an Organization, you will first need to delete the Organization or appoint someone else in order to be able to delete your account.
Delete a user account / Mail
To access the user profile section:
- Click here (or on the pill with your initials / avatar at the top right of the Infomaniak Manager) to "Manage my profile":
- Click on the trash can to the right of your name to delete account and data:
- Enter the login password one last time, then the account will be deleted.
This guide explains how to cancel the sending of an email from the Web app Mail Infomaniak (online service mail.infomaniak.com).
Preamble
- By default, you have 15 seconds to cancel the sending of an email.
- If necessary, you can disable this feature or increase the sending delay up to 30 seconds.
- This feature applies to all email addresses present in your Mail interface.
Set the cancellation delay
To do this:
- Click here to access the Web app Mail Infomaniak (online service mail.infomaniak.com).
- Click on the Settings icon ‍ at the top right of the interface.
- Click on Send in the secondary sidebar menu.
- Set the cancellation delay (0, 10, 15, 20, 25 seconds) for sends according to your preferences:
Cancel the current sending
When you click the send button for your message composed in Mail, you can cancel the sending within the allotted time from the sending notification that appears at the bottom center of your screen, by clicking the CANCEL button.
The message in the process of being sent will return to the draft stage and you can resend it if necessary or delete the draft.
This guide explains how to change the first and last name that Infomaniak displays when you are logged into your user account within an organization in the Manager, as well as your account avatar.
Edit the user account details
To edit your personal details:
- Click here (or on the badge with your initials/avatar at the top right of the Infomaniak Manager) to "Manage my profile":
- ‍Click on the pencil icon ✎ to the right of the current first and last name to edit personal information:
- Click on Save.
- By clicking to the left of the current first and last name, you can add a profile picture to your user account that will display instead of your initials; it is recommended to import an image with a minimum of 210 pixels on each side.
Learn more
This guide explains how to display the folders of your Infomaniak mailbox with a mail client software using the IMAP protocol.
Preamble
- The various generic folders are created by Mail Infomaniak during the very first connection to the interface.
- It is therefore possible that some IMAP email clients do not display any folders if no prior connection has been made to Mail.
- Even if they are present in Mail, it is still possible that some folders do not appear in your IMAP configured email client.
Force IMAP folder synchronization…
… on Microsoft Outlook
In some cases, after configuring an Infomaniak address in the Outlook email client, some folders may not appear. In this case, it is necessary to check the synchronization with subscription folders in Outlook:
- Start the Outlook software on your computer.
- From your Infomaniak email address, right-click on the inbox folder.
- Select IMAP Folders:
- Uncheck the option: When displaying the hierarchy in Outlook, show only the folders that are subscribed to
- Click on Apply.
…on Thunderbird
In some cases, after configuring an Infomaniak address in the Thunderbird email client, some folders may not appear. In this case, it is necessary to manually check these folders from the subscription menu of Thunderbird:
- Start the Thunderbird software on your computer.
- Right-click on the relevant Infomaniak address and select the Subscribe menu:
- Check the missing folders.
- Click on Ok to confirm the selection.
... elsewhere
In your usual email software/client, find the label "IMAP folders" and/or "subscribe", "subscription" etc. Otherwise, look in a possible TOOLS menu... Refer to these search results for more information.
Modify the synchronized folders
Refer to this other guide to modify the location of certain generic folders.
This guide for the Web app Mail (online service mail.infomaniak.com) or the mobile app Infomaniak Mail (application for iOS/Android smartphone or tablet) explains how to print an email to get a paper printout (or better: PDF) of your message and not of the interface itself.
Print an email…
… from the Web Mail app
For this:
- Click here to access the Web app Mail (online service mail.infomaniak.com).
- View the email to print.
- Click either on the printer icon on the right of the message frame…
- … or on the action menu ⋮ then on Print:
You can also, from the list of messages, select 1 message (the print option will be disabled if you select more) and print it:
- Click the box to select a message from the list.
- Click on the action menu â‹® at the top of the message list.
- Click on the printer icon to print the selected message:
… from the mobile app Infomaniak Mail
For this:
- Open the Infomaniak Mail mobile app (app for iOS/Android smartphone or tablet).
- View the email to print.
- Press the action menu â‹® at the top right of the message.
- Press Print:
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This guide explains how to share an email received on Mail Infomaniak using a specific link.
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Preamble
- It is possible to share any email regardless of its location (sent messages, archived, etc.).
- The share link is valid for 30 days.
- The attachments will be visible.
- It is not necessary to have an Infomaniak account to view the message.
- Returning to the same message to copy the share link again generates a different link, valid for 30 days.
- Warning: it is not possible to revoke a share link.
Share the content of a message…
… from the Mail Infomaniak web app
To get the sharing link of an email from the Mail Infomaniak interface:
- Click here to access the Mail Infomaniak web app (online service mail.infomaniak.com).
- Open the message to share and click on the action menu â‹® on the right.
- From the menu that appears, select Copy share link:
- The link is copied to your clipboard; you can view the URL to preview the share and send the URL.
… from the Infomaniak Mail mobile app
For this:
- Open the email in question on the Infomaniak Mail app (iOS / Android).
- Click on the action menu â‹® located at the top right of the displayed email.
- Choose Share the email to send the specific link to this email via the means offered by your device (SMS, Quick Share, etc.).
This guide explains how to remove an email address currently accessed by your user account from the Web app Mail Infomaniak (online service mail.infomaniak.com).
Any operation (adding or removing an email address) performed from the Web app **Mail** Infomaniak will be immediately replicated on the mobile app Infomaniak Mail (this does not affect software/email clients like Outlook).
Detach an email address
To remove an email address currently being accessed:
- Click here to access the Web app Mail Infomaniak (online service mail.infomaniak.com).
- If necessary, click on the chevron ‍ to the right of the email address currently visible on the Web app Mail Infomaniak.
- Click on the action menu â‹® to the right of the email address you want to detach.
- Click on Detach this email address:
- Click on the red button to confirm the removal:
Detach an address in error
To remove an email address that is currently linked but whose password has been changed, simply click on the ⚠️ icon and then request the detachment of the address:
- Confirm the deletion in the same way as in point 5 above.
Refer to this other guide if you are looking for information about the permanent deletion of an email address and its content, and this other guide to link and view an additional email address.