If your isp provides the e-mail program – HP Pavilion a387x Desktop PC User Manual

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user’s guide

sending e-mail messages with outlook express

1 Click Start on the taskbar, and select the E-mail

Outlook Express

icon.

NOTE:

You can also press the E-Mail button on the keyboard to open Outlook

Express (select models only).

2 Click the Create Mail icon.
3 Type in, or select from an address book, the address of each recipient.

NOTE:

E-mail addresses contain no spaces and have a period after the server

name. Dashes and underscores are sometimes used. Capital letters may be
required.

4 Type your message in the New Message window.
5 Type the message title in the Subject box.
6 Click the Send button on the toolbar when you are finished.
7 If necessary, click the Send/Recv tool on the toolbar to send any messages

stored in the Outbox.

NOTE:

When you compose a message without being connected to the Internet,

the message is stored in the Outbox until the next time you log on to the Internet
and connect to your ISP.

receiving e-mail messages with outlook express

Your ISP receives e-mail messages for you automatically, even when your PC is
turned off. The ISP then stores your messages until you connect to the Internet
and open your e-mail program to read them.

1 Start Outlook Express.
2 If necessary, click the Send/Recv tool on the toolbar to have your e-mail

program get the new messages from all listed e-mail accounts.

3 Click the Inbox folder to view the list of incoming messages. Messages not yet

read appear in bold on the screen.

NOTE:

In Outlook Express, the messages stay in your Inbox until you delete

them or move them to another folder.

4 Click a message once to view it, or double-click the message to expand it and

read it in its own window.

For more information about using your e-mail program, go to the Help menu
within the program.

if your isp provides the e-mail program

Follow the ISP’s instructions to install its Web browser and e-mail program and
to set up and use your e-mail account. You will then be able to send and receive
e-mail when your PC is connected to your ISP.