Chapter 11. Mail & Address Book
You know how every copy of Windows comes with a free, basic email program like Outlook Express or Windows Mail? Well, every copy of Mac OS X comes with Mail, a slightly fancier email program thatâs also free. Mail is a surprisingly complete, refreshingly attractive program, filled with shortcuts and surprises. Together with the high-octane Address Book program included with Mac OS X, you may never pine for your Windows setup again.
Note
This chapter assumes that youâve already transferred your email, addresses, and email account settings to Mail and the Address Book, as described in Chapter 6.
Checking Your Mail
You get new mail and send mail youâve already written using the Get Mail command. You can trigger it in any of several ways:
Click Get Mail on the toolbar.
Choose MailboxâGet All New Mail (or press Shift-â-N).
Note
If you have multiple email accounts, you can also use the MailboxâGet New Mail submenu to pick just one account to check for new mail.
Right-click Mailâs Dock icon, and choose Get New Mail from the shortcut menu. (You can use this method from within any program, as long as Mail is already open.)
Wait. Mail comes set to check your email automatically every few minutes. To adjust its timing or to turn this feature off, choose MailâPreferences, click General, and then choose a time interval from the âCheck for new messagesâ pop-up menu.
Now Mail contacts the mail servers listed in the Accounts pane of Mailâs preferences, ...
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