Keyboard shortcuts
- N
- New message
- /
- Search
- Ctrl / ⌘ K
- Command palette
- ?
- This help
- J / K
- Next / previous message
- R
- Reply
- A
- Reply all
- F
- Forward
- E
- Archive
- # or Delete
- Delete
- U
- Toggle read
- Esc
- Close dialogs
Search operators
Combine freely, e.g. from:ann has:attachment newer_than:7d -invoice.
from:to:cc:subject:has:attachmentis:unreadis:flaggedis:pinnedlabel:filename:before:after:newer_than:7dolder_than:1mlarger:1Msmaller:100kin:all-Quote phrases with "…", exclude with a leading -, and add in:all to search every folder. Star a search to save it in the sidebar.
Inbox
- Categories (Settings → General) sort the Inbox into Primary, Social, Promotions, Updates and Forums. Right-click a message → "Show sender in" to correct it; VIPs always land in Primary.
- Conversations group replies by their headers. Mute a thread to send future replies straight to Archive.
- Snooze, Follow-up with reminders, Undo send, and Sweep (right-click a sender) work like Outlook and Gmail.
- Drag messages onto folders or labels; right-click for every action.
Safety
- Every message shows whether the sender was verified (SPF/DKIM/DMARC) and whether it came from outside your organisation.
- Links in mail open through a check page that warns about look-alike sites.
- Remote images stay blocked until you choose to show them.
- Turn on 2-step verification and review signed-in devices in Settings → Security.
Sharing a mailbox
Settings → Sharing lets you give a colleague access to a mailbox (read, send on behalf, send as, manage) without giving them the password. They open it from their own sign-in.
Import / export
Settings → General: export any folder as an .mbox file, or import an .mbox (Thunderbird, Apple Mail, Gmail Takeout) or single .eml files. Rules and contacts export as JSON / CSV.