Email

The Genie email module will send and receive mail to perform the following functions:

•	Receive electronic pathology results.

•	Transfer patient files from doctor to doctor.

•	Exchange Genie data with other Genie users eg. patient correspondence.

•	Allow doctors to send email to patients who have a valid email address, keeping a record of the correspondence in the patient’s notes.

•	Send and receive appointment reminders for patients

Note: The email module provides basic sending and receiving capabilities and is not intended to be a replacement for all email correspondence, nor does it provide advanced message handling such as IMAP or Microsoft Exchange support.

It is suggested that a separate email account is set up with your ISP and maintained exclusively for use with the email module, to avoid bloating the data file with unwanted spam.

Genie can also encrypt correspondence using GnuPG, a free open-source program available for both Windows and Macintosh.

Email can be accessed by selecting Open > Email. The general use of the Email module should be fairly self explanatory as it is very similar to other email programs.