Mail & Newsgroups Shortcuts

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General Mail & Newsgroups Shortcuts

Command Windows Mac OS Linux or Unix
Move to Next Mail Pane (Folder, QuickSearch, Thread, Message Panes) F6 F6 F6
Toggle Message Pane Visibility F8 F8 F8
Toggle Folder Pane Visibility F9 F9
New Message Ctrl+M Cmd+Shift+M Ctrl+M
Get New Messages Ctrl+T Cmd+T Ctrl+T
Get All New Messages Ctrl+Shift+T Cmd+Shift+T Ctrl+Shift+T
Search Messages Ctrl+Shift+S Cmd+Shift+S Ctrl+Shift+S

Message List Shortcuts

Command Windows Mac OS Linux or Unix
Save Message as File Ctrl+S Cmd+S Ctrl+S
Open Message (in a new window) Ctrl+O Cmd+O Ctrl+O
Delete Message Del Del Del
Delete Message Immediately (without placing it in the Trash folder) Shift+Del Shift+Del Shift+Del
Undo Delete Message Ctrl+Z Cmd+Z Ctrl+Z
Select All Messages Ctrl+A Cmd+A Alt+A
Select Thread Ctrl+Shift+A Cmd+Shift+A Alt+Shift+A
Collapse All Threads \ (backslash key) \ (backslash key) \ (backslash key)
Expand All Threads * (asterisk key) * (asterisk key) * (asterisk key)
Message Source Ctrl+U Cmd+U Ctrl+U
Go to Next Message F F F
Go to Next Unread Message N N N
Go to Next Unread Thread T T T
Go to Previous Message B B B
Go to Previous Unread Message P P P
Reply to Message (replies only to sender) Ctrl+R Cmd+R Ctrl+R
Reply to All in Message (replies to sender and to other email addresses in message) Ctrl+Shift+R Cmd+Shift+R Ctrl+Shift+R
Forward Message Ctrl+L Cmd+L Ctrl+L
Edit Message As New (compose new email using the body and attachments of the selected message) Ctrl+E Cmd+E Ctrl+E
Remove Message Label 0 0 0
Label Message (5 customizable labels) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Mark Message As Read M M M
Mark Thread As Read R R R
Mark Thread As Read and Move to Next Unread Message T T T
Mark Messages As Read by Date C C C
Mark All Messages in Selected Folder As Read Ctrl+Shift+C Cmd+Shift+C Ctrl+Shift+M
Flag Message I I I
Mark Message As Junk J J J
Mark Message As Not Junk Shift+J Shift+J Shift+J
Mark Message As Not Scam Shift+P Shift+P Shift+P

Message Compose Shortcuts

Command Windows Mac OS Linux or Unix
Paste As Quotation Ctrl+Shift+V Cmd+Shift+V Ctrl+Shift+V
Send Message Now Ctrl+Enter Cmd+Return Ctrl+Enter
Send Message Later Ctrl+Shift+Enter Cmd+Shift+Return Ctrl+Shift+Enter

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