Eudora
Eudora is a very popular email program. You can download a freeware version from http://www.eudora.com .
To check and see if you have any messages, go to the File Menu and pull down to Check Mail. If you have any messages, they will be listed on your screen. To read an individual message, just double click on the listing. The black dots next to each message mean they haven't been read yet. After you read a message, you have several choices. You can simple close the message. or you can go to the Message menu and click Delete which deletes the message, or Reply, which sets up a new message window addressed to the original sender, or Forward or Redirect, which are ways of passing the message along to someone else.
Messages are always saved in your In Box until you delete them or transfer them to another Mailbox. To create a new mailbox, go to the Mailbox menu and select New. In this fashion, you can keep your In Box relatively uncluttered, and store your messages in mailboxes like "Friends" "Family" and "Work". To view the contents of a mailbox, just go to the Mailbox menu and select a mailbox.
To send a new message, just go to the Message menu and select New Message. To write a letter to a friend, double click Eudora and select New Message from the Messages menu. Your return address should be automatically entered in the From field. Type the email address of the recipient in the "To" field and a brief description next to "Subject." You can send copies to other people by entering their addresses under the "CC" or "BCC" fields. Next, write your message in the main body of the letter. To send it, click the Send button on the letter. If for some reason Eudora can't send the letter (for example you are not connected to the Internet right now) then it will simply send the letter the next time you connect and select Send Queued Messages from the File menu.
If you want to send many messages, it is easier to do this offline. After you write the messages, choose Queue in the right hand corner of the window. When you are ready to send the messages, connect to ECPI, click on Send Queued Messages in the pull down folder and they will be sent.
How To Send Email using EUDORA
1. Pull down the "Message" menu and select "New Message"
2. A new message window appears. In the "To" field, type in the email address of the person the message is going to.
3. Tab down or click to the right of the "Subject" field and type in what the email message is about. For example "Thanks for the help."
4. Again, tab down or click to the right of the large area where the body of your message will go. Type in whatever you want to say.
5. When you are done, click on "send" in the upper right hand corner of the window. You have just sent your first email!
How to Retrieve, Read and Reply to Email
1. At this point, you want to drag down the "File" menu and select "Check Mail"
2. If you log in to Eudora and have E-mail, a dialog box will appear and let you know "You have new mail."
3. Eudora automatically opens your "In Box" and all your unread mail will be listed. Another method is to click on "In Box" in "Messages" menu.
4. Double-click on the message you want to read. Eudora will display a "·" before the messages that you have not read yet.
5. If you are done with this particular E-mail and would like to reply to the sender, click on the "Reply" box in the E-mail window.
6. A new screen will appear with the old message and a line above it. Your new message will go above this line.
7. If you don't want the old message from the sender to be included in your new message, highlight the text of the old message and press the "delete" button on your keyboard.
8. You can send a copy of this message by clicking on "cc" or "bcc". "Bcc" is blind carbon copy and the recipient will not know who you have sent these messages to.
9. When you are done composing the E-mail message, click on "Send" or "Queue" and the new message is on its way.
HELP! To learn more about Eudora, feel free to visit their website http://www.eudora.com where you'll find an excellent online manual under "Technical Support." Macintosh users might want to try turning on Balloon Help by clicking on the Question Mark Icon on the upper right hand corner of their screen. This will cause Eudora to "explain" what each command does.
Outlook Express
Eudora is not your only option for email. The Microsoft Internet Explorer browser comes bundled with an email program called Outlook Express. Just click on the Mail icon on the toolbar to access email functions.
Reading and Replying to Mail
The different mailboxes are listed in the left pane. Click on a mailbox to open it, and the messages it contains will be displayed in the top right pane. To read a message, just click on it and its contents will be displayed in the bottom right pane. To check and see if you have any mail, just click the Send/Receive button in the toolbar. Buttons on the top of the window allow you to Reply, to Forward or Delete the message.
Sending Mail
To send a new message, just click the New Message button on the toolbar. A message window will appear. Type in your message and then click send.
Netscape Navigator Email
Reading and Replying to Mail
To use Netscape email, click on the envelope icon in the lower right corner of your browser window. The mail window will appear. The different mailboxes are listed in the left pane. Click on a mailbox to open it, and the messages it contains will be displayed in the top right pane. To read a message, just click on it and its contents will be displayed in the bottom right pane. To check and see if you have any mail, just click the Get Mail button in the toolbar. Buttons on the top of the window allow you to Reply (Re:Mail) to Forward or Delete the message.
Sending Mail
To send a new message, just click the To: Mail button on the toolbar. A message window will appear. You can quickly send an email message while you are browsing the Web by clicking on the File menu and then selecting New Mail Message.
Email Attachments
Email can also be used to transfer files or programs (as opposed to just plain text messages) from one hard drive to another. These files are called "attachments." For instance, if you want to tell a friend about your trip to Paris, you could write an email message describing your trip, then attach a graphic of you standing next to the Eiffel Tower. Eudora, Netscape Navigator and Outlook Express all allow you to send and receive attachments.
After composing your text message in Eudora, just pull down the Message window and select Attach Document. Then locate the file you want to attach on your hard drive and it will be transferred along with your email when you hit Send. If you receive an email that has attachments, the text "Attachments Converted" will appear at the bottom of the message, and you can find the file(s) on your hard drive in Eudora's "Attachments" folder.
In Netscape select Mail Document from the File menu and click the Attach button. Received attachments will appear as a hyperlink at the bottom of the email message.
For Outlook Express, click the Mail icon on your Toolbar, then click the New Message button in the mail window. Next, click the Insert then file to select a file to attach with your message.