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# How to Send an Email

Sonas is a communication tool, helping you stay in touch with your customers. Keeping all messages in one place for easy reference.

This article will show you how to send transactional emails to your customers. For more email information and details, please see [How to Send and Receive Messages](/en/article/how-to-send-and-receive-messagesemail-1hkgjsd)

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## How to Send an Email

1.  Navigate to the Event's **Message** section. **Event > Messages**
2.  Click on **+New Message** in the upper right hand corner.
3.  If you want to apply a Custom Email template, do so now, or skip to the next step.
4.  **Actions > Use Template**
5.  Select the template of choice from the drop down list, or type in a few letters to search, and then click the template.
6.  Click **Select**.
7.  Confirm you want to apply the template (this will override anything you have already written), click **OK**.
8.  If you are not using a template, be sure to fill out the Subject, Category (the email category) and the message Content. You can also select which footer you want to use.
9.  There is a tool bar to enable you to customise the email, change font, text size and colour, alignment, and more. 
10.  Any changes will be saved and if you leave your email before sending, it will be saved in the event's draft folder. 
11.  When you are ready to send, hit the **Send** button in the upper right hand corner.