# Mail handling _(mail)_

> email is sent from and received to user accounts, using user or role addresses

Each personal user account is an email account -
with one ore more email addresses attached.

Email accounts are accessed
either via webmail or using a real email program.

Additional email addresses can be created,
either directly tied to a user account,
ot tied to a "role"
which redirects to one or more local user accounts or external addresses.