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Eve Mail

Read your characters' EVE in-game mail and compose new messages without leaving EVE Console.

Open it from the left sidebar under Communication.

What it shows

The window is split into three columns, with a toolbar across the top.

  • Toolbar — a Character selector (defaults to All Characters), a status line ("Loading…", message count, or an error), and a + Compose button.
  • Folders (left column) — five fixed folders always present: All Mail, Inbox, Sent, Corp, and Alliance. When a single character is selected, that character's custom mailing-list / label folders are appended below the fixed ones.
  • Mail list (middle column) — one row per message showing the sender portrait, sender name (or #id if the name is unknown), the timestamp (yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm, UTC), and the subject. Unread messages are shown brighter; read messages are dimmed.
  • Reading pane (right column) — for the selected message: the 48×48 sender portrait, subject, From, To, and Date, Reply and Forward buttons, and the full message body below. The body is rendered with EVE's own formatting and colours, and any links in it are clickable. If nothing is selected it reads "Select a message to read it."

Using it

  1. Pick a character from the Character selector, or leave it on All Characters to pool mail from every authorized character.
  2. Choose a folder on the left to filter (All Mail, Inbox, Sent, Corp, Alliance, or a custom label).
  3. Click a message in the middle list to open it in the reading pane. Opening an unread message marks it read (both in EVE Console and in-game).
  4. Click + Compose to write a new mail, or Reply / Forward on the open message to answer or pass it on (the recipients, subject and quoted body are filled in for you).
  5. Click a link in a message body to open it — an external link (a website) asks you to confirm first, with an option to stop asking.

The list auto-refreshes about once a minute, and again right after you send a message.

Composing a mail

The + Compose button opens a dialog:

  • From — the character sending the mail. Defaults to the character currently selected in the toolbar (or your first character when on All Characters).
  • To — type a character name and press Enter (or click Add) to resolve and add it as a recipient chip. Add several recipients; remove one with the × on its chip.
  • Subject and Body — free text; the body accepts multiple lines.
  • Send submits the mail; Cancel discards it. The status line reports "Mail sent." or the reason a send failed.

Tip

Recipient names are resolved as you add them, so a misspelled name won't be accepted as a chip — check the spelling if a name fails to add.

Notes

  • Requires characters authorized with the EVE mail ESI scopes: esi-mail.read_mail.v1 (read), esi-mail.send_mail.v1 (compose/send), and esi-mail.organize_mail.v1 (mark-as-read and labels). Add characters and grant scopes from the getting-started guide.
  • All Characters mode shows only the fixed folders; custom label folders appear only when a single character is selected.
  • Timestamps in the list and header are UTC.
  • For in-game notifications (structure attacks, war updates, etc.) rather than player mail, see Notifications.