STEP NINE (Getting Email)

Once you give out your email address to friends, family, co-workers, etc., it won't be long before you start getting email yourself. When you launch Mail, it automatically checks for any new mail, but you can check manually anytime by clicking the Get Mail button located at the top of the interface, just to the right of the New button. When mail arrives for you, it will appear in the Mail window with a blue dot to the left of it (that blue dot indicates that this email has not been read yet). You'll also see the name of the person who sent the mail, the email's subject, and when this email was received. To read an email, just click on it once and the email message will be displayed in the lower portion of Mail's main window.