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Using Different Forms of Email. Basic Knowledge of the 3 Different Platform: Outlook, AOL and HTML Prepared by Mitch. This is where text from an email may be previewed when selected above.
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Using Different Forms of Email Basic Knowledge of the 3 Different Platform:Outlook, AOL and HTMLPrepared by Mitch
This is where text from an email may be previewed when selected above. You may use Outlook Express to sort incoming messages into different folders, automatically reply to messages, and do much more. Outlook is the predominant email application for companies throughout the world. To be able to use Outlook, you need to subscribe to an Internet service that is compatible with the program, such as ATT.NET. Outlook will not work with AOL email. But through AOL you may subscribe to an email Service that can be compatible with Outlook, such as SOFTHOME.NET, which is free of charge (their premium services cost). When you have large volumes of incoming e-mail, Outlook and Outlook Express can help you process it efficiently. Outlook Overview • Outlook and Outlook Express are not the only email programs but because they are Microsoft products, they are the ones widely used. • Once email is opened with Outlook, it is saved on user’s computer automatically. AOL and HTML do not save email on the user’s computer automatically. • User does not have to go on line to read email again and prepare answer. • Must be on line when sending email. If you forget to go on line and click the “Send & Receive” (1) button, your email may not be sent. • You may set Outlook to send and receive email each time you go on line. (1)
To write email, click on the “New” button. If a pull down menu opens, one of the options will be for a new email. Select it. • To attach a file such as a picture, click on the paper clip symbol. A new window opens. • Look in: You can use the field to navigate through a computer’s folders. • Underneath it, you can see the files and the directories stored in the area of your computer you select. • “To:” is where you type the email address of the recipient. You may enter multiple recipients, as long as their addresses are separated by semicolons. • “Cc:” You may want to send a copy to another of your email accounts, particularly if you want proof you sent the email. • Underneath it, type a “Subject” for your email. Avoid punctuation and weird characters in the “Subject.” May cause your email to be deleted as junk. • Next you see the attachment to the email. Outlook Overview
AOL’s email has 3 folders, saved remotely. It does not save mail on a PC automatically. To access an email just double click on it. You can select a message and click here to save on a location you specify in your computers. You can save the same message repeatedly in different locations and computers. • Keep As New: As soon as you read an email, AOL moves it to the “Old Mail” folder and within a short time, deletes it. If you want it saved for a longer period of time, but not for good, after you read it, select the message and click this button. • Delete: Highly recommended button for email that you suspect carries viruses or may be inappropriate. • Status: only works for email for and from other AOL members. Tells you whether and when your email was first read by a recipient, or when you read an email for the first time. AOL Mail AOL is the biggest Internet Service provider for homes but not for business. AOL's email service has one major advantage: it allows sending and receiving video or audio attachments which take more storage than text messages. Up to about 4 megabytes of attachments per email can be sent. AOL can email high-quality pictures. Users can receive unlimited amount of emails through AOL's servers. CATCH: Recipient account must also accommodate size of AOL email. Most free-of-charge services will not accommodate sizable attachments sent from AOL.
AOL Mail • To write email, click on the “Mail” or “Write” button. If a pull down menu opens, one of the options will be “Write Mail.” Select it.
Look in: You can use the field to navigate through a computer’s folders. • Underneath it, you can see the files and the directories stored in the area of your computer you select. AOL Mail • “Send To:” is where you type the email address of the recipient. You may enter multiple recipients, as long as their addresses are separated by comas. • “Copy To:” You may want to send a copy to another of your email accounts, particularly if you want proof you sent the email. • Underneath it, type a “subject” for your email. • AOL mail offers a way to insert a picture in your text. However, unless the recipients email service is compatible with AOL’s feature, the picture will not be seen. • Instead you can use the “Attachments” feature.
Click New Account Sign up to get a new email address. XXXXXX Initial welcome screen for hotmail email accounts. Enter your email address in the E-mail address box and your password if you have an account. HTML Mail • HTML email has two advantages: • It does not use any special special software to access access the web. It is accessible through any web browser such as Internet Explorer from Microsoft or Netscape, and • All Outlook email services available to the public and AOL mail are also accessible and almost 100% compatible with HTML.
Hotmail is a Microsoft service. The free-of-charge Hotmail service is very limited in size (2 megabytes total). Such memory can fill up very fast. Your email may be lost if you do not pay attention to your storage capacity. You may also buy more space for your Hotmail account. Hotmail also has folders. To see your Inbox or other folders click here. HTML Mail
To create an email, click on Compose. Click the text in the From column to open a message. When you sign in to Hotmail, the number of new messages is listed in the Message Summary box on the left of the Hotmail Home page. HTML Mail
HTML Mail • On the Compose page you can create a new email message. • “To:” is where you type the email address of the recipient. You may enter multiple recipients, as long as their addresses are separated by commas. • “Cc:” You may want to send a copy to another of your email accounts, particularly if you want proof you sent the email. • Underneath it, type a “Subject” for your email. Avoid punctuation and weird characters in the “Subject.” May cause your email to be deleted as junk. • Next you see the “Add/Edit Attachment” to the email button.
HTML Mail • By clicking here, the Insert Attachment window appears. It is actually the same window in all 3 platforms. • Look in: You can use the field to navigate through a computer’s folders. • Underneath it, you can see the files and the directories stored in the area of your computer you select.
ALWAYS REMEMBER • IF YOU ARE NOT CERTAIN ABOUT WHO SENT YOU AN EMAIL, OR YOU THINK IT MAY HARM YOUR COMPUTER, OR SIMPLY, YOU FIND THE EMAIL OBJECTIONALBE, DELETE IT! • NEVER CLICK ON A LINK INSIDE AN EMAIL. THERE HAD BEEN CASES WHERE LINKS WERE MALICIOUS AND CAUSE HARM TO COMPUTERS! • IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT EMAIL, YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND HELP AT YOUR LOCAL Y.M.C.A.
