To send a message

1. On the Message menu, choose New Mail Message.
2. In the To, CC, and BCC fields, enter the recipients of the message. You can:
   • Type an e-mail address. If you are typing multiple addresses, you separate each address with a comma or semi-colon.
   • Type the name of an entry in your address book. As you type, entries in the address book that match what you are typing will be automatically filled in. When you see the right entry, press the comma or semi-coloan key to accept the auto-fill and move on to the next recipient.
   • Drag an entry from the Address Book window to one of the fields.
   • Drag an e-mail address from another message or text document to one of the fields.
3. In the Subject field, type in the subject of your message.
4. In the main text area, type your message.
5. When you are finished, choose Send/Post message on the Mail menu.

Tips

• If you want to finish a message later, choose Finish Later on the Message menu. The message will be placed in the Outbox, but will not be sent until you open it and choose Send/Post Message on the Mail menu.
• You can save a message as you write it by choosing Save on the file menu.
• If you want the message sent immediately, instead of being placed in your Outbox, choose Preferences from the Edit menu, click Messages, and then make sure Send Messages Immediately is checked.

Related Topics
Adding a new user to the address book
Checking the spelling
Enclosing files in a message
Replying to a message

To reply to a message

1. If the message you are replying to is not open, in the Mail window, click the message title.
2. On the message menu:
   • choose Reply To Sender if you only want to reply to the author of the message
   • choose Reply To All if you want to reply to the author and everyone else who received the original message
3. Add recipients to the To, CC, and BCC fields.
4. In the main text area, type your message.
5. When you are finished, choose Send/Post message on the Mail menu.

Tip

• To change or not use the quote character, the ">"character that precedes each line in the original message, choose Preferences on the Edit menu, click User Profile, and in the Quote area, type a new character or leave the field blank.

Related Topics
Forwarding a message
Sending a message

To forward a message

1. If the message you are forwarding is not open, in the Mail window, click the message title.
2. On the message menu, choose Forward.
3. In the To, CC, and BCC fields, enter the recipients of the message.
4. In the Subject field, type in the subject of your message.
5. In the main text area, type your message.
6. When you are finished, choose Send/Post message on the Mail menu.

Tips

• To forward a message so that you are not the sender, but the author of the message is the sender, redirect the message.
• To add the quote character to messages you are forwarding, choose Preferences from the Edit menu, click Messages, and in the Composing area, make sure Quote Messages When Forwarding is checked.

Related Topics
Redirecting a message
Sending a message

To enclose files in a message

1. If you have not already started a new message, on the Message menu, choose New Mail Message.
2. On the Message menu, choose Enclosures.
3. Use the pop-up at the top of the Enclosures dialog box to locate the file you want to enclose and select it.
4. Click Add.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each file you want to enclose.
6. When you are finished, click Done.

Tips

• To enclose all the file in a folder, locate that folder, and then click Add All.
• To remove an enclose file, select it in the Enclosed Files list and click Remove.
• To remove all enclosed file, click Remove All.

Related Topic
Sending a message

To redirect a message

1. If the message you are redirecting is not open, in the Mail window, click the message title.
2. On the Message menu, choose Redirect.
3. In the To CC and BCC fields, enter the recipients of the message.
4. On the Mail menu, choose Send/Post message.

Tip

Related Topics
Forwarding a message
Sending a message

To wrap text in outgoing message

1. On the Edit menu, choose Preferences.
2. Click Messages.
3. In the Composing area, type in the number if characters to put on a line in the Maximum Line Length box.
4. Click OK.

Tip

• This setting affects how the message will display when it is received not how it will look while you are composing it.

Related Topic
Changing the fonts

To add your signature

1. Select the message you want to add your signature to. You can only add a signature to message that you are composing.
2. On the Message Menu, choose Add Signature.

Tips

• When you add a signature to a message, you are adding any information you have entered in the Signature field in the Preferences dialog box to you message.
• To create your signature, on the Edit menu, choose Preferences, click User Profile, and then enter your information in the Signature area.

Related Topic
Creating a signature to add to your messages

To check the spelling

You can use Working Software's Spellswell spellchecker to spell check your messages.

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To save copies of outgoing messages