Receiving Messages

When others send messages to you, those messages go to your service provider's mail server, and wait there until you choose to receive messages. To receive messages

  • In Messenger, click the Get Msg button on the toolbar.

  • In Outlook Express, click the Send/Recv (or Send/Receive) button on the toolbar.

If you are offline when you click the Send/Recv or Get Msg button, Outlook Express and Messenger connect you to the Internet automatically (or prompt you to do so) to retrieve your new messages.

As I mentioned earlier, your ISP provides you with a special password you use only when receiving email (you don't need it to send email). ...

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