I updated as you had stated - in the company preferences and it still did not email as it should or even provide an option to email from the activity panel.
When I went to update the personal preferences, it gave me this error message:
The Click event for Save failed to complete.
Message: *An error occurred while inserting a record into the table spiderSecurity of database ADACI7. Invalid column name 'intMarkedForDeletion'.
Stack Trace:
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please advise
Please verify and try again. If the problem persists please contact Method Technical Support.