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In this tutorial you'll learn
how to send email messages!
From the Microsoft® Internet
Explorer menu...
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click on Tools, highlight
Mail
and News, then highlight and click on Read Mail.
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Alternatively you
may open the program by clicking on the Microsoft® Outlook Express
icon located near the
Start
button...
note: In the event
that a dialogue box appears requesting information about setting up an
email account (i.e. a form to fill-out name, address, server etc.), refer
to your Internet connection package documentation or contact your Internet
Service Provider's technical support unit to guide you through this set-up
process.
To start writing
a new message
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click on the New
Mail button
...and a new message window will appear
with a menu and the following fields:
- Ôï
- you type the email recipient's name here (ð.÷. name@isp.com)
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Subject - your message's topic
- a "blank sheet" where you will
type in the body of your message.
Prepare a test message entitled "Hello"
and set yourself as the recipient (To:
<your email>) When you are done...
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click on Send
and your email will be on its way!
You may send a message to more
than one person simultaneously , if after the first address you enter a
comma and then another address (e.g. To: john@isp.com, anne@isp.com,
jeff@isp.com).
Receiving
messages
Microsoft® Outlook Express searches
for new messages at startup and then at regular intervals (e.g. every 10
minutes)
You may search for new messages at
any time though. To check...
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click on the Send/Recv
button
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click on the Inbox
folder
... and you should see your message
in the right-hand column. If you can't see it right away, wait for
2-3 minutes and click on the Send/Recv button
again. Sometimes there may be a delay in receiving messages
when Internet traffic is heavy (during peak usage hours).
When you have received your message
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double click on its title to read
it
To "reply" to the message
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click on the Reply
button
A new message window will appear
and you will notice that the recipient is already specified (you in this
example), the subject ("re:" and the original message's topic) as well
as the text of the original message.
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Close both message windows now by clicking
on the
button on the upper right hand corner, to return to the main Microsoft®
Outlook Express window.
Deleting
a message
While in the Inbox
folder
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click on the message title
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then click on the delete
button.
Your message will disappear from
the Inbox folder and move to the Deleted
Items folder
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Click on the Deleted
Items folder and repeat the deletion process
As soon as click on delete, a message
box will appear...
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click the Yes button and you're
done!
Screen shots reprinted
by permission from Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft® Outlook Express
and Microsoft® Internet Explorer are registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation.
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