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Preeti_20

How to use email

Using email can be a very simple process, but for those new to the internet can become overwhelming. The first step is to choose an email provider. There are many to choose from but Gmail stands out from the rest. Gmail is a free email service provider created by Google. You can go to www.gmail.com and click on create an account to begin. Follow the step by step instructions to open up your new account.

Once you are on your new email page you will notice a button to compose a new message. You will first need to fill out the send to space by writing in the email address of the recipient. The address should contain letters or text followed by "@", with the email service web address at the end. For example, johndoe@serviceprovider.com. You will see an option to select "Cc" or Bcc" in the message. Putting in addresses in the Cc space sends a copy to those recipients. Placing addresses in the Bcc space sends copies but hides the recipients from the intended receiver. For example, if you want to send a message to your boss and would like your friend to receive a copy without you boss knowing. You can put your bosses address in the “send to” space and then put your friends address in the Bcc space.

Next, on the subject line enter the title of your message. The title will show up as the first thing they see in the recipient’s inbox. Last enter the message you want to send in the large space provided underneath the title. If you would like to send someone a picture or document saved on your computer you can attach it to your message. Simply click the “attach a file” button place above the main body and a pop up box will appear. You will be able to search on your computer where your file is placed and click open. You will see the attached file underneath the subject line. When your message is complete click send and your message will be delivered. If you click on sent mail on your home screen you will see your message appear hear. If you are not ready to send the message and would like to work on it at a later date you can click save and it will appear in your drafts folder.

On the left column of your homepage you will notice the inbox folder. This is where new messages will appear. You can click on a message to view the body of the email. There are a few options available to you with the message open. If you would like to respond to the message you can click the reply button underneath the body of the email. You can also forward the message to a recipient that you would like to view it.

If you move back to your home page you will be able to view a spam folder in the left column. This is the folder email messages are sent that the email provider thinks are junk. Such messages may be received from solicitors. You should check your spam folder to make sure the junk mail filter is working properly. Sometimes a message that should have been sent to the inbox may be sent to the spam folder. If you receive a junk mail message in your inbox you can click on the report spam button to transfer the messages to the spam folder in the future.

You can click the contacts link on the column on the left to add a list of recipients. If you have a contact in your address book then it will save you time when you’re typing in the contacts name in the message in the future. After a few keystrokes their name will appear and you can click on their name to accept. While adding a contact you can enter your contacts information including phone numbers, addresses, birthdays, etc. Begin to add your new contact you can click on the "+" button and fill out their information. Click “save” and your new contact will be added. If you receive a message from a sender you would like to save in your address book, you can click on the down arrow at the corner of the box of the message and then click save to contacts.

If you would like to organize your messages by categories you can add folders to your homepage to transfer emails into. With Gmail you can create labels for each message to categorize them. This is useful when you would like to categorize a message in more than one category. While in your inbox folder you can click the label button to add a label to each message.

With time spent on exploring your email homepage your will begin to understand all of the little features that are available to you.

georgi

thank u.............

imrock

thanks preeti but i think most of us know how to use email.

good for begginers

NrN Kill

What are features gmail has & yahoomail does'nt?

just4kix

Gmail is much faster (in UI terms) than Yahoo mail for one.

essbebe

Nrn_kill
One view ( pro google mail)
From Goggle search term: compare Gmail Yahoo Mail.
Gmail vs. Yahoo Mail: A Quick Comparison

I use Google mail rarely, since using
Yahoo Mail/ Yahoo Messenger
for a long time.
I read/send with Gmail ID in OE.

just4kix

I too use Yahoo mail because that is the email address that everyone has.

I also have a gmail account but I use it mainly for web registrations and other such stuff.

Transformer

Gmail's spam filters work much better then Yahoo so it saves a lot of time.

Admin

I agree Gmail's spam filter is much more effective then other email providers.

talktoanil

Gmail is SMPLE and i love it. I hate Yahoo because they append their own advts below my mail....

birender

One thing a person like in webmail based email service provider is the interface of the webmail...

I personally like a outlook style interface as always uses Microsoft outlook as my email client. and also use web outlook.