Composing a New Email Message

To create and send a new email message:

1. Click Write Message.

Type the recipient's email address in the To box. Enter multiple addresses by separating them with a comma. NOTE: If the person is in your Address Book, you can just start typing the email address (or the name you've entered as their "Display Name") and a list of choices will appear. Just choose the correct one from the list.

2. In the CC box (carbon copy) type the email addresses you want to receive a copy of the email. (A recipient who is CC'd is able to see and correspond with the other recipients of the message.)

3. In the BCC box (blind carbon copy) type the email addresses you want to receive a copy of the email. (The email addresses of recipients who are BCC'd will not appear in the headers of the message.)

4. Type a brief description of the email message in the Subject box. For example, if you're sending out a recipe for oatmeal cookies, the subject might be "My oatmeal cookies recipe".

5. Type the body of the email message.

6. If you wish to attach files to this message, use the Choose File buttons at the bottom of the page to choose files from your hard drive. You can include up to three attachments with a message.

7. If you want to send your email message now, click Send.

8. If you want to send your email message later, or work on it more at a later time, click Save as a draft and you'll be able to retrieve it from the Drafts folder later.

Using the Address Book to Add Recipients

To add a recipient using the Address Book:

1. In the To, CC, or BCC, box, start typing the recipient's email address (or the name you've listed as their "Display Name" in the Address Book). A list of choices will come up and you can click the correct one from the list.

   Adding recipients using Nicknames

   You can also add recipients by typing their nickname into the To, CC, or BCC boxes. However, the nickname you enter must be in your Address Book. You can add a nickname to any contact in your Address Book, then simply enter the nickname when you want to send that person a message.

   Note: You must enter the Nickname for a contact, entering the Name of the contact won't work.

Attaching a File to an Email Message

To attach a file to an outgoing email message:

1. In the Write window, there are three boxes at the bottom where you can add attachments to your message.

2. Click a Choose File button.

3. Select the file on your hard drive that you want to attach to the message.

4. Click Attach File.

To remove an attached file, delete the file's path from the box next to the Browse button.

For information about viewing an attachment you've received, see Viewing Attachments.

Adding a Signature

To add a signature to an outgoing email message:

Once you've created automatic signatures, you can add them to emails. (To learn how to create a signature, see Signatures.)

To add a signature you've created to an outgoing email message:

1. In the Write window, click the Signature pull-down menu to display a list of your signatures.
2. From the list, choose the signature you would like displayed in your current email message. The signature is added to the bottom of the email message.

The Sent Mail Folder

When you compose an email message, check the Save a copy to your 'Sent' folder box. A copy of the message will be placed in the Sent folder. You can have this box automatically checked for everymessage, by turning the option on in your Preferences. For more information, see The Sent Folder.

The Drafts Folder

Before sending a message that you've written, you can save it as a draft in the Drafts folder. For more information, see The Drafts Folder.

Sending the Email Message

To send an email message, click the Send button in the Write window. (See Composing a New Email Message.)