# Switch to Classic compose

To use Classic compose, click the arrow next to **Compose Mail** and turn on **Classic**. From then on, Compose Mail opens the Classic window, which has advanced options such as rights, priority, PGP, templates and Group Mail. Your choice is remembered in this browser. Turn **Classic** off to go back to the new compose window.

## How to switch to Classic compose

1. Click the small arrow next to **Compose Mail**.
2. Turn on **Classic**.
3. Click **Compose Mail**. The Classic compose window opens.
4. To go back, click the arrow again and turn **Classic** off.

## When to use it

> The company secretary needs to send board papers with **Do not Forward** set. She turns on Classic, composes the mail there and ticks the right under User Rights.

## Good to know

- The setting is remembered per browser. On another computer, turn it on again.
- Classic compose opens mails in tabs, up to five at a time.
- Some open compose windows also show a **Switch to Old Compose** link.

## Common questions

**What happens to a mail I have already started?**

If you use **Switch to Old Compose** inside an open compose window, what you have typed is saved as a draft and opened in Classic compose.

**Which options are only in Classic compose?**

User rights, priority, PGP encryption and signing, hide attachment, templates, preview, Group Mail, Reply Awaited, email tags, Attach My Vcard and Attach Event.


Source: https://docs.xgenplus.com/mail/switch-to-classic-compose/