Retrieving Incoming Messages

In my neighborhood, the mail carrier no longer comes to my door to deliver letters . Instead, I have to walk half a block to a common mailbox, dealing with the rain, snow, sleet, and hail that were once only the enemy of the mail carrier. Fortunately, that's not the case with e-mail. When someone sends you an e-mail message, it is delivered directly to the Inbox on your computer where it can be easily retrieved.

New messages will appear in bold in your Information Viewer. There will also be a number in parentheses beside the Inbox indicating the number of new unread messages.

  1. Click on the Get Messages button . Any recently received e-mail will appear in the Information Viewer.

  2. Click on the Inbox folder . All new messages will appear in bold in the Information Viewer.

  3. Click on a message to view it. The contents of the message will appear in the Message Viewer.

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    Tip  

    Double-click on a message, and it will open in its own window.

Replying to an E-Mail Message

After you've read a message, you have the opportunity to respond to it by using the Reply command.

  1. Click on the message that you want to reply to. Once selected it will be highlighted.

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    1. Click on the Reply button . A new Compose window will appear with the recipient's e-mail address and the Subject line already filled in. The contents of the original message will also appear in the Message Viewer.

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    2. Click on the Reply All button . If the original message was sent to more than one person, you can send your reply to everyone that the original message was sent to by clicking on Reply All.

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  2. Enter the text of your message.

  3. Click on the Send button , and your reply will be sent.

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Forwarding a Message

If someone's sent you a juicy piece of gossip, you can keep the grapevine going by forwarding the message to someone else. When you forward a message to someone else, you can add your own message to send along with it. Any attachments in the original message will also be forwarded.

  1. Click on the message that you'd like to forward. It will be highlighted.

  2. Click on the Forward button . The Compose window will appear with the forwarded message in the body.

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  3. Type in the e - mail address of the person you'd like to forward this message to.

  4. Type the desired message . You can add your own message to go along with the forwarded message.

  5. Click on Send . The message will be forwarded to the address that you've specified.

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Working with Attachments

When someone sends you an e-mail with an attachment, you have several options as to what you can do with that attachment, including printing it, opening it, or saving it. In most cases you'll save the file to your computer so that you can later use it. You should make sure you know who the sender is before opening an attachment, as many computer viruses are transmitted through attached files.

You will know that an e-mail has an attachment because a little paperclip appears beside the message.

  1. Click on a message to select it.

  2. Right-click on the attachment . A menu will appear.

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    1. Click on Open . To open an attachment, you must have the same program the attachment was created in or some other program that can open the attachment's file type. For example, if someone sent you a WordPerfect document, you must either have WordPerfect on your computer or another application that can open WordPerfect files.

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      Attachments of images, including .JPG and .GIF files, will appear in the body of the e-mail.

    2. Click on Save As. The Save Attachment dialog box will open.

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  3. Click on a location where you want to save the file.

  4. Click on Save . The attachment will be saved to that location.

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Lindows Fast & Easy
Lindows Fast & Easy (Fast & Easy (Premier Press))
ISBN: 1592000606
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 152

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