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Using Outlook Express

Now updated for use with IE5

© Roger Jones 1999

Open Outlook Express

The e-mail program will now load.

Adding an Address:

For this exercise you will compose an e-mail to one of your colleagues. First we must enter an address. Click on the address book Icon and select New, New Contact. Add your colleague’s name. In the e-mail address section type the address: (name@somewhere.co.uk).

If you have another e-mail address you want to add use the same method.


Composing an E-mail

Click on the New Mail Icon (Top Left)

Click on the TO: icon and choose a name from the address book

Go back to the message

Enter a title

Type the message

Click on Send

Notes

If you want to send a message to a number of people simply open the address book and add more addresses to the message.

You can also send straight from the address book

You can create "groups" of addresses.

Sending and receiving mail

Go to the "Inbox"

To send and receive mail click on the "Send and receive" Icon

Reading messages

Any new messages will appear in the Inbox, double click on the message to open it

Replying to message

Click on the Reply Icon

Sending (attaching) a file

Sometimes you may want to send a spreadsheet or word-processing file via e-mail. Use the Attach Icon and select the file you want to send. The rest of the process is the same as sending an ordinary e-mail.

Receiving an attachment

Open the message. If an e-mail has an attachment, this is indicated by shortcut to the file, just under the subject. Double click on this and the file should appear. If you right click on it, you will be given the choice to save.

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