Sending a basic e-mail message

On the toolbar, click the Compose Message button.
In the To, Cc, and Bcc boxes, type the e-mail name of each recipient, separated by a comma or semicolon ( ; ).
To add e-mail names from the Address Book, click the To icon in the New Message window, and then select names.
In the Subject box, type a message title.
Type your message, and then click the Send button on the toolbar.
To use a mail account other than your default account, click the File menu, point to Send Message Using, and then click the mail account you want.

If you are composing a message offline, click the File menu, and then click Send Later to save the message in the Outbox folder.

To send a message from within the Address Book, select the contact you want to send mail to (select multiple contacts by pressing CTRL while you click the contacts' names), and then click the Send Mail button on the toolbar.

To look up e-mail names in the Address Book and directory services, type the name, or part of the name, in the To box, click the Tools menu, and then click Check Names. Note that your directory services must be set up to check e-mail names.

To create messages without being connected to the Internet, click the File menu, and then click Work Offline. The next time you click Send and Receive, Outlook Express will reconnect, and your messages will be delivered.