Read and send band email in one place — mail to your band address, threads with relations, compose, reply, and drafts synced from your mailbox. Pick the band first; sending uses the SMTP already configured for that band.
The mail screen has three columns on desktop: a sidebar (Compose, Inbox, Sent, Draft, Sync, Settings), a thread list, and the open message. Click Sync to pull the latest mail from your provider's inbox using the same credentials as SMTP. The inbox shows threads sent to your band email or involving a relation's address — not your entire personal mailbox.
Select a thread to read it in the third column; Reply opens a form with To and Subject filled. On a phone the list hides while you read a thread — use the menu icon to reach folders. Sent and Draft folders work the same way; empty states tell you to sync or compose.
Attachments on a message download when you click them.
Compose asks for To, optional recipient name, subject, and body, then Send. Mail goes out from your configured from address. Tick Add as relation after sending when the recipient is new — they are added as a contact after the message leaves.
Reply from a thread keeps threading headers so answers stay grouped. If you do not see Compose or Reply, your band lead has not granted send rights on mail.
Mail → Settings stores the band email address used to filter incoming mail — usually the same info@ address you publish. SMTP itself is configured under Band → Settings → Preferences or Relations → Settings; the mail screen links there. Test IMAP connection checks that reading mail will work with those credentials.
On a thread, Create relation from sender adds the sender as a contact with name, type, and optional company without leaving the thread.
Inbox empty after setup — set band email in Mail → Settings, confirm SMTP in Band or Relations settings, click Sync, and send a test message to the band address.
Send fails — verify SMTP credentials with your provider and test from Band preferences.
IMAP test fails — username and password must match SMTP; some providers need IMAP enabled separately in their dashboard.
