Learn Vista - Writing and Sending E-Mail using Windows Mail

Using Windows Mail to write and send an e-mail message is quite easy. You can send a message to many people all at once, and you can also attach files in your e-mail message.

To write and send e-mail using Windows Mail:

- Open Windows Mail. (Click Start menu > All Programs > Windows Mail).

- Click Create Mail from the toolbar.

- In the To text box, type the e‑mail address that you want to send your e-mail to. Separate the e-mail addresses with a semicolon (;) if you want to send to more than one address.

- In the Cc text box, type the e‑mail address that you want to send the copy of the e-mail to. Separate the e-mail addresses with a semicolon (;) if you want to send to more than one address.

- In the Subject text box, type the subject or description of your e-mail.

- In the message area, type your message. You can use any of the formatting tools to format your message.

- To decorate your e-mail with stationery appearance, click Format from menubar, then click Apply Stationery, and then click the stationery which you like, or click No Stationery to remove the stationary layout from your message.

- If you want to attach documents or other files into your message, click Insert from menubar, and then click File Attachment. Browse and choose a file you want to attach, and then click Open button. Repeat this step if you want to attach other files.

- When you've finished typing your message, click Send button from the toolbar to send the message right away. Or click Send Later from the File menu to put the message in the Outbox folder until you're ready to send it.

- If you can not finish your message at that time, you can store it in Drafts folder temporarily, by clicking File from menubar, and then click Save. When you want to continue it, just find your unfinished message from the Drafts folder, double-click it, and then you can continue typing your message.