How to Use WPS General Settings on Windows

Use WPS General Settings through 8 how-to topics in the mail settings area; 8 items are available without membership and 0 items are membership-related.

How-to Index

How-to Guide

1. Open General Settings

Entry path: Mail interface top-right Settings → General Settings

1. Open the WPS mail interface.
2. Click Settings in the top-right corner.
3. Switch to the General Settings tab.
4. Review the available configuration items.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The General Settings page is open.
• What you can do next: You can continue changing display and handling options.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: If you are not in the mail interface, the related settings entry may not appear.

2. Switch the Right-Click View Setting

Entry path: General Settings → Right-click view setting

1. Open General Settings.
2. Find Right-click view setting.
3. Select Preview Mode or List Mode.
4. Return to the message list and check the result.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The message list is shown in the selected mode.
• What you can do next: You can continue browsing or processing messages.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: If the page does not appear to update immediately, switch the message list once and check again.

3. Change the Mail Browsing Mode

Entry 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 and check whether messages are shown by thread or individually.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The message list reflects the selected browsing mode.
• What you can do next: You can continue reading threaded or individual messages.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: Conversation Mode is more suitable for thread review, while Normal Mode is more suitable for processing messages one by one.

4. Adjust the Attachment Position

Entry path: General Settings → Attachment position

1. Open General Settings.
2. Find Attachment position.
3. Select Top or Bottom.
4. Open a message with attachments and check the placement.

Success Criteria

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

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: If the current message has no attachment, the change may not be visible right away.

5. Set What Opens After Moving or Deleting a Message

Entry path: General Settings → After moving or deleting the message being viewed

1. Open General Settings.
2. Find the option for behavior after moving or deleting a message.
3. Select Open next message, Open previous message, or Return to message list.
4. Move or delete a message once to verify the result.

Success Criteria

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

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: Choose the option that matches your usual cleanup workflow so you do not need to switch it repeatedly.

6. Choose How External Images Are Displayed

Entry path: General Settings → External image display

1. Open General Settings.
2. Find External image display.
3. Select Ask before showing or Always show automatically.
4. Open a message that contains external images and check the loading behavior.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: External images are shown or prompted according to the selected rule.
• 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 change may not be obvious immediately.

7. Set Read Receipts and Translation Language

Entry path: General Settings → Read receipts / Translate content to

1. Open General Settings.
2. Under Read receipts, select Ask me before sending, Always send, or Never send.
3. Under Translate content to, choose the target language you want.
4. Save the change and continue reading or processing messages.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The read receipt policy and translation language are updated.
• What you can do next: Future related messages follow the current settings.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: If you are not sure which receipt policy to use, start with Ask me before sending.

8. Enable Offline Mail

Entry path: General Settings → Offline mail

1. Open General Settings.
2. Find Offline mail.
3. Turn the feature on.
4. Wait for the app to cache messages from the most recent 14 days.
5. Open mail without a network connection and check whether recent messages are available.

Success Criteria

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

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: The first cache may take some time to complete, so it is better to enable it while the network is stable.
• Environment note: Offline viewing is limited to cached messages from the most recent 14 days.