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description: Email your contacts, leads, person accounts, and coworkers directly from account, contact, lead, opportunity, case, campaign, or custom object pages in Salesforce Classic.
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# Send Email in Salesforce Classic

Email your contacts, leads, person accounts, and coworkers directly from account, contact, lead, opportunity, case, campaign, or custom object pages in Salesforce Classic.

### Required Editions

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1. On the Activity History related list of a record, click **Send an Email**.
2. To change formatting type, click **Text-Only** or **Switch to HTML**.
3. To use a [predefined email template](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.admin_emailtemplates.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Use email templates to increase productivity and ensure consistent messaging. Email templates with merge fields let you quickly send emails that include field data from Salesforce records."), click **Select Template**.
4. Complete the fields.
5. Click **Send**.

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-sales-sales_productivity-264-0-0-production-enus/b2f6c36a-fa61-4a3c-9752-032ce1818a69/images/icon_note.png)

Note When you send an email to a Contact or Lead through the Send an Email composer, it checks the recipients' email opt-out preference. If any recipients have opted out, you see a warning banner. When you enter an email address into the **Additional To**, **CC**, or **BCC** field, the composer doesn't check the email opt-out preference and no warnings are shown.

#### See Also

- [Considerations for Sending Email in Salesforce Classic](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.email_send_considerations.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Before you send email, consider a few key points.")
- [Guidelines for Working with Email](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.email_send_notes.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Consider a few pieces of advice for working with emails, including information for customers that use Email-to-Case and Enhanced Email.")
- [Send Mass Email in Salesforce Classic](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.email_mass.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Send an email to a group of contacts, leads, person accounts, or coworkers.")
- [Send Email from a Record in Lightning Experience](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.send_email_directly_from_crm_record.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Send rich-text email, including attachments, directly from the record you’re on. Send to customers, colleagues, or any valid email address.")