Compaq Presario Internet PC - Manual (Page 50)

5-6 C ONNECTING TO THE I NTERNET M Y P RESARIO —G ETTING S TARTED AND B EYOND
Sending and
Receiving
E-mail
E-mail or ‘electronic mail’
is a fast way to get in
contact with friends and
family. You have to have
the e-mail address of the
person you want to mail
to. An e-mail address will
look like this:
[email protected].
Sending and Receiving E-mail
Sending E-mail
1. Click the MS Outlook Express icon on the desktop.
2. Click new mail in the button bar.
3. If you haven’t set up your mail account, a wizard will pop up
which will ask you information your account. You can get
this information from your Internet Service provider (ISP).
4. In the To: field, type the e-mail address of the person you
want to send the mail to.
5. Type your message and click send when done.
6. The mail program will connect to your ISP and send the
message.
Receiving E-mail
Until you retrieve your e-mail, the mails are stored on the server
of your ISP.
To check your mail:
1. Click the MS Outlook Express icon on the desktop.
2. Click Send/Receive.
3. MS Outlook Express connects to your ISP and retrieves the
mails.
4. You will find your new mail in the ‘inbox’ in the left hand
panel.