If Your Isp Provides The E-Mail Program - HP HB4 User Manual

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sending e-mail messages with outlook express

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

Outlook Express icon.

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

NOTE:

Express (select models only).

2 Click the Create Mail icon.

3 Type in, or select from an address book, the address of each recipient.

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

NOTE:

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.

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

NOTE:

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.

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

NOTE:

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.