How to Send an E-mail Message

E-mail allows you to communicate quickly anywhere in the world, providing your recipient has an e-mail account. The message is usually delivered within a matter of minutes.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• E-mail Accounts
• Computers
• E-mail Software

Sending the Message

1. Open your e-mail software.

2. From the Message menu, select New Message. A window will open.

3. Type the recipient's e-mail address in the To field.

4. Type an appropriate subject in the Subject Field.

5. Type your message into the message box.

6. Click Send. Some software applications will send your message immediately. Others may wait until you issue a second command to send all outgoing messages.

Configuring Your E-mail Software

7. Open your e-mail program. Before you can send an e-mail message, your e-mail software must have the right configuration so it can send your mail.

8. Look for commands labeled Settings, Accounts or Options.

9. Check to be sure that your e-mail software displays the correct settings for your account. If you do not know these settings, your Internet Service Provider or e-mail service will be able to tell you what they are. You will need your POP server name and the SMTP server name.(The POP server is where your e-mail resides; the SMTP server is what transfers e-mail you send.)

10. This information need only be entered once, although you can go back and change it whenever you want.

Tips & Warnings

• You may be prompted to supply your password. This is the password that you have arranged with your ISP or your e-mail provider. Enter the password when prompted.
• Web-based e-mail doesn't need to be configured.
• If you are sending e-mail from someone else's computer, the e-mail will go out with his name and return address unless you configure the software first.

on 11/22/2005 First, let's assume 3 things:

1. That you have at least two e-mail accounts.
2. That you have at least two locations where you use your computer.
3. The ISPs at these two locations are different.

We know that sending outgoing mail via SMTP will most likely have to be done via the currently connected ISP's outgoing mail server. You might set up your e-mail account for the current ISP as the default in Outlook Express. Any new e-mails that you originate will be sent via the current ISP. However, when you "Reply" to an e-mail that came in from another account, Outlook Express will attempt to "Reply" via the SMTP server for that other account. This won't work. One suggestion is to not "Reply" as such to messages from another account. Rather, initiate a new e-mail that replies.