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   Using Netscape Messenger, you can send e-mail messages to people with e-mail accounts. Here, you will learn the basics of:

• Sending an e-mail
• Sending an e-mail to more than one person
• Replying to an e-mail someone sent you
• Sending a forward to someone

Sending an e-mail

1. Start Netscape Messenger.

2. Click the New Msg button  on the Messenger toolbar, or type "APPLE"+"M" to open a Message Composition window.

 

<--Message Composition Window

3. In the To: box, carefully type the e-mail address of the person, or persons, to whom you are sending the message. If you want to send your message to more than one person, press the "RETURN" or "ENTER" key on your keyboard, and type the second address.

 

<--To: Box

 

4. Click on the Subject box, or hit the "TAB" key to advance to the Subject box to type in your subject of your e-mail.

 

<--Subject Box

 

5. Pressing "TAB" again will allow you to move to the message area to begin typing your message. You can change the fonts, format your text, and add various objects to your e-mail messages by using the Formatting toolbar located above the message area. Learn more about Messenger's toolbars!

 

6. When you are finished typing your message, click the Send button , or type "APPLE"+"RETURN" to send your message.   

Sending an e-mail to more than one person

If you have e-mail addresses in Messenger's Address Book, you can also address an e-mail by accessing the address book.

 

1. First, click the Address button on the toolbar. An Address Message window will appear.

2. Click once to highlight the name of the person you want to send an e-mail to, then click the To: button. If you wish to send the same e-mail to more than one person, highlight another name, and click the To: button.

 

3. Click OK when you are finished addressing your e-mail. For more information about the address book, click here.

 

4. Complete steps 4 to 6 above to send your e-mail.   

Replying to an e-mail someone sent you

It is easy to reply to a message that someone sent you.

 

1. In the Message List pane, click once to highlight the e-mail that you would like to reply.

 

2. Click the Reply button  on the toolbar, or type "APPLE"+"R". A Message Composition window will appear with the recipient's e-mail address already in the To: box.

 

3. Complete steps 4-6 of "Sending an e-mail" to send your reply.   

Sending a forward to someone

Sometimes, you might find a touching or funny e-mail that you would like to pass along to your friends or colleagues. You'll need to send a forward.

 

1. In the Message List pane, click once to highlight the e-mail that you would like to forward.

 

2. Click the Forward button  on the toolbar, or type "APPLE"+"K". A Message Composition window will appear with the name of the selected message already in the Subject box.

 

3. Address your forward, then complete steps 5-6 of "Sending an e-mail" to send your forward.   

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