Sending and Receiving E-mail
You have learned about the Outlook Express window and how to navigate within it; you have also set up your e-mail account. Now you should test your new account by sending yourself an e-mail message. In this section you learn to compose and send an e-mail message and to configure the way your outgoing mail looks to recipients. You also learn to receive, read, and otherwise process messages in your Inbox.
Composing an E-mail Message
To compose an e-mail, begin by clicking the Create Mail button at the top left side of Outlook Express command bar. The New Message dialog box appears (see Figure 10.6).
Figure 10.6. Compose e-mail messages in the New Message dialog box.
Enter the e-mail address of the person to whom you ...
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