For everyone
Daily Use
Reading, replying, searching and everything else you do every day.
The layout
Your folders run along a bar across the top, with the mailbox you are reading named at its left end and unread counts on the folders themselves. Below the bar the screen splits in two: the message you are reading fills the left, and the message list sits in a column on the right.
On a phone the folder bar stays put and scrolls sideways, so every folder is always one tap away. Below it you see either the list or a message — open one to read it, and Back (or the Escape key) returns you to the list.
Reading
- Click a message to open it. Opening it marks it read, and the unread count on that folder's tab drops by one straight away.
- Scroll the list to load older messages — there is no page number to click.
- Bold rows are unread. A dot marks them too, so the distinction does not rely on weight alone.
- If your mail server will not let a message be marked read — a read-only or restricted folder — it stays unread here rather than appearing read.
Why images are blocked
Many marketing emails contain an invisible image whose only purpose is to report back that you opened the message, when, and roughly where you were. ERPat does not load those until you ask.
When a message contains them you see a Show images banner. Clicking it loads them for that message. Inline images the sender embedded directly — a logo in a signature, for instance — are served by ERPat itself and always display, because showing them tells the sender nothing.
Saving a draft
While you are writing, Save draft at the top of the composer — next to the × that closes it — files what you have so far in your Drafts folder. The composer stays open so you can carry on typing, and the line beside Send tells you when it was saved.
Saving again replaces the copy you saved before, so ten saves leave one draft rather than ten. Sending the message removes the draft, so it does not sit in Drafts looking unfinished after it has gone.
A draft does not need an address or a subject — save whenever you like. Closing the composer with × leaves the saved draft where it is; it is only the unsaved changes since your last save that are lost.
Replying
Open a message and choose Reply. The recipient, subject and quoted text are filled in. Your reply is sent from your own address through your organisation's mail server, so it looks exactly like mail sent from any other client.
Sending twice is not possible. Each message carries a one-time key, so a double-click, a slow connection, or a browser that resends the request still delivers exactly one copy.
Searching
The search box searches the server, not just what is on screen — so it finds old messages that have not been loaded yet. It looks at sender and subject.
Attachments
- Attachments appear as chips under the message. Click one to download it.
- Everything downloads as a file rather than opening in the browser. That is deliberate: a message could otherwise claim an attachment is a web page and have it run inside your ERPat session.
Deleting
Delete moves the message to Trash, exactly as any other mail client does — so a mistake is recoverable. Deleting something already in Trash removes it permanently.
Starring and marking unread
Both act on the real mailbox, so a message you star here is starred in Outlook or on your phone too.