Outlook Express
More about sending email
You've seen how simple is sending an email message, even simpler than sending a letter and going through postal mail. Email is fast, immediate and free.
Perhaps you've noticed -while composing a message- Bcc and Cc buttons and wondered about them. To send an email message you need to specify an email address next to To, Cc and Bcc have similar functions, even more interesting.
Cc (Carbon Copy) allow you to send copies of the same message to multiple emails.
Bcc (Blind Carbon Copy) allow you to send messages to people without including others email addresses in the message header.
With To and Cc all email addresses appear in the header of the message you send.
If you frequently send messages to lots of people, use Bcc instead of Cc and no one
will be able to know to whom you're sending the message.
Tip: you can easily add an email by clicking on
(besides To, Cc, Bcc)In a previous tutorial we've talked about Saving files. If you are composing a long email
message, click File>>Save, a copy of your message is immediately saved in Draft folder
and you will never lose your messages if something bad happens. Click Draft, open the
message and continue from where you left.
You can also save messages to any location on your computer. Select a message
from a folder (e.g Inbox), double-click to open it and click File>>Save As.. specify a location and press Save.
When saving you can choose between three different formats:
Mail format (.eml): The file is saved as .eml , 2-click its icon to launch Outlook Express.
Txt Format (.txt): message is stored as a text file, read with Notepad or any text editor.
Html format (.htm, .html): This format is not available for all messages, it allows to save a message as webpage. We will talk about HTML format later.
The Mail format requires Outlook Express to open the message. Txt is the safest,
the message can be viewed using any text editor e.g NotePad
Html messages can be viewed within any browser e.g Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. If you want to exchange messages through floppies use Txt format.
In most of the time you will be using the Address Book to add email addresses as recipients. In case you've typed an email address manually, click
to verify thatthe address is correct or check if it's available in address book, if not simply click on
New Contact in the Check Names window to add the new entry to your Address book.