Confluence 4.1 : Viewing Mail

Mail Archiving Features are Now Optional

Confluence Mail Archiving is an optional feature from Confluence 4.1 onwards. This means that the Mail elements in the Confluence interface as mentioned on this page will not appear in the user interface by default.

Mail archiving features are now contained in a bundled plugin. To activate mail archiving features in Confluence, activate the plugin from Confluence Admin > Configuration > Plugins > Show System Plugins > Confluence Mail Archiving Plugin.

The user interface and functionality of the feature have not changed.

In Confluence, each global space can be set up to archive mail.

To view mail messages archived within a particular space:

  1. Go to a page in the space and choose Browse > Space Admin.

  2. Click on the Mail tab. The mail is displayed in reverse chronological order with a default of 30 mails per page. You can move between pages by clicking the and links or by selecting a particular page number.
  3. Click on a mail message to view its contents.

(warning) The information on this page does not apply to Confluence OnDemand.

(info) If you are a space administrator, or have been given permission to delete mail messages, you can also delete emails from here.

Navigating Mail:

Find More These links links at the top of an email message let you search for other emails from the same author or on the same subject.
Attachments This link located below the email body allows you to view mail attachments. The link is only displayed if any attachments exist.
Entire Thread This link allows you to view the mail's thread, if one exists.

The 'Mail Operations' panel is located to the right of the mail view and displays links to:

  • Entire Thread: View the thread that this mail belongs to. This option is only available when the mail belongs to a thread.
  • Next By Date: Navigate to the next message.
  • Previous By Date: Navigate to the previous message.
  • Remove Mail: Remove the current mail from the space.
  • Mail Archive: Go to the mail archive view for this space.

Screenshot : Navigating mail

Handy Hint

Use the Quick Search facility to quickly locate a mail

 

Related Topics

Archiving Mail Overview
Viewing Mail
Fetching Mail
Deleting Mail
How do I Disable Automatic Mail Polling?

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