How to Use WPS General Settings on macOS

Use WPS Mail General Settings through 8 how-to topics, with 8 free topics and 0 membership-related topics, so you can jump from the index to the setting you need.

How-to Index

How-to Guide

1. Open General Settings

Feature path: Mail interface → Settings → General Settings

1. Open WPS Mail.
2. Click Settings in the upper-right area.
3. Switch to the General Settings tab.
4. Review the available options on the page.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The General Settings page is open.
• What you can do next: You can see options such as right-click view, mail browsing mode, and attachment placement.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: If you stay on another settings tab, the general settings options will not appear.

2. Set the Right-Click View

Feature path: General Settings → Right-Click View Settings

1. Open General Settings.
2. Find Right-Click View Settings.
3. Select Preview Mode or List Mode.
4. Return to the message list to check the result.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The message list area updates to the selected layout.
• What you can do next: You can continue browsing messages or adjust other settings.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: If you do not return to the message list after switching modes, it may seem like the change did not apply.

3. Change the Mail Browsing Mode

Feature path: General Settings → Mail Browsing Mode

1. Open General Settings.
2. Find Mail Browsing Mode.
3. Select Conversation Mode or Normal Mode.
4. Return to the inbox to review how related messages are shown.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: Messages are displayed in conversation view or standard list view.
• What you can do next: You can continue reading a thread or review messages one by one.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: In conversation mode, messages are grouped by thread. If you want to review each message separately, switch back to normal mode.

4. Adjust Attachment Placement

Feature path: General Settings → Attachment Placement

1. Open General Settings.
2. Find Attachment Placement.
3. Select Attachments at Top or Attachments at Bottom.
4. Open a message with attachments to confirm the position.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The attachment area appears in the selected position.
• What you can do next: You can preview or download the attachment.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: If the current message has no attachment, you will not see the placement change clearly.

5. Choose What Opens After Moving or Deleting a Message

Feature path: General Settings → After moving or deleting the message you are viewing

1. Open General Settings.
2. Find the option for what happens after moving or deleting the current message.
3. Select the next older message, the previous newer message, or return to the message list.
4. Move or delete a message to verify the result.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: After the action, the interface follows the option you selected.
• What you can do next: You can continue processing the next message or return to the list.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: If you do not distinguish between the next and previous message order, the result may not match your reading habit.

6. Manage External Image Display

Feature path: General Settings → External Image Display

1. Open General Settings.
2. Find External Image Display.
3. Select Ask before displaying or Always display automatically.
4. Open a message that contains external images to review the behavior.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: External images are shown automatically or after confirmation, based on your selection.
• What you can do next: You can continue reading the message body.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: If the message does not contain external images, the difference may not be visible right away.

7. Set Read Receipts and Translation Language

Feature path: General Settings → Read Receipt / Translate Content To

1. Open General Settings.
2. Under Read Receipt, choose whether to ask first, always send, or never send.
3. Under Translate Content To, choose the language you want.
4. Save the changes and continue working with mail.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The read receipt and translation language options show your current selections.
• What you can do next: Future mail handling follows the updated rules.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: If you change only one of the two options and leave the page, the other setting may remain unchanged.

8. Turn On Offline Mail

Feature path: General Settings → Offline Mail

1. Open General Settings.
2. Find Offline Mail.
3. Turn the feature on.
4. Keep the app running so it can cache the most recent 14 days of mail data.
5. Open the mailbox without an internet connection to review cached messages.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: Offline mail is enabled.
• What you can do next: You can review cached recent messages without a network connection.

Tips While Using

• Environment note: Offline viewing depends on mail that has already been cached.
• Common mistake: If you disconnect immediately after turning the feature on, recent messages may not have finished caching yet.