# Resending a mail
Mail Log can deliver a logged message again. That is useful when a mail got lost, ended up in spam or went to the wrong address. Resending uses the stored content and goes through the normal Joomla mailer — a new log entry is created.
## How to resend
- **From the list:** the *Resend* button in the action column, or mark several entries and use the toolbar action *Resend*.
- **From the detail view:** the section *Resend* with the button *Resend this email*.
 In the detail view you can optionally give a different recipient address.## To a different address
In the detail view you can enter an **alternative recipient address**. If it is set, the mail goes to that one address only; the original recipients are ignored. If the field stays empty, subject, text and attachments go to the original recipients.
Resending requires the permission *resend mails*. Every resend creates a log entry of its own that refers back to the original.
## When resending is not possible
So that nothing unexpected happens, Mail Log refuses to resend in some cases with a clear message:
- **Only metadata stored.** If the mail was classified as sensitive (a password reset, say) and stored with metadata only, its text is not available and cannot be sent again.
- **Text cannot be reconstructed.** If the body is encrypted and the key is not available, or if it was stored truncated, Mail Log says so instead of sending an empty mail.
## Protection against misuse
Two limits prevent accidental mass sending and misuse:
- Between two resends of the same mail there is a **waiting time of 30 seconds**.
- A single mail can be resent **at most 20 times**.
Both values are deliberately fixed, so that a compromised account cannot misuse Mail Log as a spam cannon.
Applies to version 1.0.5.
[Deutsche Fassung](https://docs.graup-it.de/link/82)