# Change webmail settings

> Set the name people see, your signatures, how webmail shows mail and your notifications, and find every other tab of webmail settings.

Source: https://www.coritan.com/docs/mail/webmail/settings/

In the dashboard:

- /webmail/settings/general: https://www.coritan.com/webmail/settings/general

Webmail keeps the settings of the mailbox on screen in tabs. This page covers the **General** tab, where you set the name and signatures people see and how webmail shows mail to you. It also lists every tab, who sees it and the page that covers it.

## Before you begin

- Open the mailbox in webmail.
- The name, reply-to address and signatures of a mailbox belong to whoever manages it. Everyone else changes only their own view settings, as [Who sees each tab](#who-sees-each-tab) explains.

## Open settings

Select **Settings** at the bottom of the folder list, the gear at the top right, or **Settings** in the account menu. Settings open on the **General** tab, at [www.coritan.com/webmail/settings/general](https://www.coritan.com/webmail/settings/general) for the mailbox on screen.

Each tab has an address of its own under `/webmail/settings/`, so you can bookmark one. An address with a tab you do not see opens **General**. On a narrow screen, the tabs are one row that scrolls sideways.

To go back to your mail, select the arrow beside the **Settings** heading.

## Who sees each tab

Each person sees the tabs that their access to the mailbox allows.

| Tab | Address | Who sees it | Covered in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **General** | `/webmail/settings/general` | Everyone | This page |
| **Labels** | `/webmail/settings/labels` | Everyone who can send from the mailbox | [Sort mail with labels and filters](/docs/mail/webmail/labels-and-filters/) |
| **Filters and blocked** | `/webmail/settings/filters` | Whoever manages the mailbox | [Sort mail with labels and filters](/docs/mail/webmail/labels-and-filters/) |
| **Forwarding** | `/webmail/settings/forwarding` | Whoever manages the mailbox | [Forward your mail to another address](/docs/mail/webmail/forwarding/) |
| **Out of office** | `/webmail/settings/vacation` | Whoever manages the mailbox | [Send an automatic reply while you are away](/docs/mail/webmail/out-of-office/) |
| **Mailboxes** | `/webmail/settings/accounts` | Anyone using webmail through a Coritan account | [Open and share mailboxes in webmail](/docs/mail/webmail/mailboxes-and-sharing/) |
| **Security** | `/webmail/settings/security` | The owner | [Protect your webmail mailbox](/docs/mail/webmail/security/) |
| **Mail apps** | `/webmail/settings/apps` | Everyone who can send from the mailbox | [Set up mail apps and devices](/docs/mail/webmail/mail-apps/) |
| **Import** | `/webmail/settings/import` | Everyone who can send from the mailbox | [Import mail into webmail](/docs/mail/webmail/import/) |

*The owner*
: You own your coritan.gg mailbox, a mailbox you added to your account, a mailbox an admin gave you, and any mailbox you signed in to with its own password.

*Everyone who can send from the mailbox*
: The owner, and the people it is shared with who **Can read, organize and send**. People who **Can only read** it see **General** and **Mailboxes**.

*Whoever manages the mailbox*
: Its owner. For a mailbox that no Coritan account owns, everyone who can send from it.

*Anyone using webmail through a Coritan account*
: You are signed in on coritan.com, or signed in to webmail with your coritan.gg address and your Coritan password.

## Set your name and reply-to address

1. On the **General** tab, under **Identities**, select **Edit…** beside the address.
2. In **Name**, enter the name that the people you write to see.
3. In **Reply-to**, enter the address that replies should go to, such as `alex@example.com`. Leave it empty to get replies at the address itself.
4. Select **Save changes**.

We show `Identity saved.` The row then shows the name, and `Replies go to` followed by the address when you set one.

The mailbox sends as its own address and as each [alias](/docs/mail/mail-hosting/aliases/) that delivers to it. When it has more than one, **Identities** lists them all, the mailbox's own address marked **Primary**, and each keeps its own name and reply-to address. You pick the address for a message in its **From** list, as [Write and send email in webmail](/docs/mail/webmail/write-and-send/) explains.

People who do not manage the mailbox see the list without **Edit…**.

## Add a signature

A mailbox keeps up to 20 signatures. Each address starts new mail with one of them, and replies and forwards with another.

1. On the **General** tab, under **Signatures**, select **New signature**.
2. In **Name**, name the signature, such as `Work`, then write it in **Signature**.
3. Under **Starts with**, choose a signature for each address: one for **New mail** and one for **Replies and forwards**. Choose **No signature** for none.
4. Select **Save signatures**.

We show `Signatures saved.` To change a signature, select it in the list, edit it, then select **Save signatures**. To remove the one you have open, select **Delete this signature**, then **Save signatures**.

As you write a message, its **Signature** menu swaps in another signature for that message only.

People who do not manage the mailbox see which signatures it has but cannot change them. They pick one for each message from the **Signature** menu.

## Reading and sending

These settings sit under **Reading and sending** on the **General** tab.

**Undo send**
: How long you have to take back a sent message: **Off**, **5 s**, **10 s**, **20 s** or **30 s**. It is 5 seconds unless you change it. See [Undo a send](/docs/mail/webmail/write-and-send/#undo-a-send).

**Density**
: **Comfortable** or **Compact**, which fits more conversations on the screen. **Comfortable** is the default.

**Images in messages**
: **Ask first** hides the pictures that a message loads from the web until you choose to show them, which keeps senders from seeing when you open it. **Always show** shows them straight away. **Ask first** is the default.

**Desktop notifications**
: Tells you of new mail while the webmail tab is in the background. It is off until you turn it on, and the browser asks for your permission the first time.

**With the webmail closed**
: Tells you of this mailbox's new mail on this browser even when no webmail tab is open. It shows only in a browser that supports it, and you turn it on in each browser for each mailbox.

**Always show images from**
: The senders whose images you chose to show every time. Select the cross beside a sender to ask first again.

For a mailbox shared with you, **Undo send**, **Density** and **Desktop notifications** are your own, and the owner keeps theirs. **Images in messages** and **Always show images from** are the mailbox's, so only whoever manages it can change them.

## Troubleshooting

`Could not load your settings`
: Webmail could not read the mailbox's settings from the mail server. Select **Try again**.

There is no **Edit…** button, or no way to change the signatures
: You do not manage the mailbox. Ask its owner to make the change.

`Enter an email address such as name@example.com.`
: The **Reply-to** address is not complete. Enter a whole address, or leave the field empty.

`This mailbox can no longer send as alex@example.com, so these changes cannot be saved.`
: The alias behind that address no longer delivers to the mailbox. Whoever manages the Mail Hosting service can add it again. Select **Close**.

`This signature is too long to save. Shorten it, or take out an image or some formatting.`
: A signature holds about 20,000 characters, formatting included. Shorten it, then select **Save signatures** again.

**New signature** is greyed out
: The mailbox has 20 signatures, which is as many as it keeps. Delete one you no longer use, select **Save signatures**, then add the new one.

`The browser is blocking notifications for this page. Allow them in its site settings, then turn this on again.`
: Allow notifications for www.coritan.com in the browser's site settings, then turn **Desktop notifications** on again.

**Images in messages** goes back to **Ask first**
: The mailbox was shared with you, and only whoever manages it changes this setting.

## Related

- [How webmail works](/docs/mail/webmail/)
- [Write and send email in webmail](/docs/mail/webmail/write-and-send/)
- [Send an automatic reply while you are away](/docs/mail/webmail/out-of-office/)
- [Open and share mailboxes in webmail](/docs/mail/webmail/mailboxes-and-sharing/)
