Sending and Receiving Messages in a Browser

Once you are connected to the Internet and you have signed onto your Outlook account, you can send and receive messages just as if you were at your home or office computer working in Outlook. When you create an e-mail message using Outlook Web Access, the Untitled Message window opens with all the tools you need to communicate electronically . You can access your address book and contacts in order to send and receive e-mail.

Create and Send a Message

In your browser, click the Inbox button on the Navigation pane.

Click New on the toolbar.

Type the message address or click the To button to access the Global Address List.

Type a subject.

Type the contents of the message.

Click the Send button.

See Also

See " Creating and Addressing an E-Mail Message " on page 26 and " Sending Messages " on page 40 for information on creating and sending an e-mail message.

Open a Message

In your browser, click the You Have New Mail icon at the bottom of the Navigation pane.

To open old mail, click the Inbox button on the Navigation pane.

Click the message header to open the message.

Read the message in the Reading pane.

See Also

See " Receiving and Reading Messages " on page 42 for information on opening and reading an e-mail message.

Did You Know?

You can attach a file to a message . Click the Attachments button, click Browser, locate and select the file you want to attach, and then click Attach. Repeat for each attachment. Click Close.