Writing and sending a message

Want to know how to send an email? It couldn’t be easier. All you need to know is the email address of the person you’re sending the message to. What’s more, you can send the same message to more than one person at the same time, keeping everyone in the loop!

To write and send a message:

1. From your desktop click on Start and then click on Outlook Express from the menu.
   
2. To create an email message click on Create Mail from the Outlook Express main screen (take a look at the picture below):
   

   Once you’ve done that, you’ll see this email template:

   
3. Enter the email address of the person you’d like to send it to in the To: box. You can do this in a couple of different ways:
   Type the email address into the box, If there is more than one person you want to email, type in all the email addresses and separate each one with a comma.
   If the email address you want is stored in your address book, just type in the first few letters of the address, and Outlook Express will come up with any matching names you have in your address book. Just choose the name you want, and you’re ready to go!. Another way to do this is to import a contact from your address book into the To; box. Click on Importing a contact from your address book to find out more.
   

   If you like, you can add an email address to the Cc: box. The Cc box is there for you to add email addresses of people that your email isn’t addressed to, but you want them to see it anyway. This tends to be used more in business, and you can leave this blank if you want to. Just in case you were wondering, Cc stands for carbon copy!

4. Enter a one-line description of the subject of the message in the Subject box. The subject can be anything that’ll help you and the recipient identify the message.
5. In the larger text box underneath, type in the message that you want the recipient(s) to see. You can type this as you would any letter, with a greeting, the main bit of the message in paragraphs, and then a sign-off.
6. When you are ready to send the message, simply click on Send.
   

Want to include an attachment, like some photos or a document? Find out how by clicking on Sending an attachment.