Send, receive, forward, and manage your email accounts while gaining a few victories in the Spam War.
- How do I set up my email account in Mail?
- To set up a new email account in Mail, follow these steps: Open Mail by clicking on its icon in the dock. From the Mail menu, choose Preferences....
- How do I check my mailbox for new messages?
- Like most email programs, Mail will check your mailbox for new messages automatically when you open it. Mail can also check your mailbox for new messages on a set interval. To set how frequently Mail checks your mailbox, select Mail from the menu bar, then Preferences. In the General tab, make a selection...
- How do I send an email?
- To send a new message, open Mail and click on the New icon in the toolbar at the top of the program's window. A new window should open after you click on the New icon to allow you to address the message and enter the text you want to send...
- How do I add a link to a webpage in my message?
- You can easily add a link to a webpage to any message in Mail. To add your hyperlink, select some text in the body of the message you are composing, then select Edit, Add Hyperlink. Enter the URL of the webpage you want to link to, then click on OK...
- How do I reply to or forward an email?
- Once you have received a new email, you may need to send a reply to either the sender or everyone who has received the email, or you may need to forward the message to someone else. To reply only to the sender of the message, select the message in your mailbox and...
- What is an attachment, and how do I send one?
- An attachment is simply an additional file sent with an email message. An attachment can be an image file, a Word document, or one of many other supported file types. When your recipients open your message, they can double-click on the attached file to open it with the program assigned to that file...
- How do I save a file sent to me?
- When you get a new message with an attachment you will see a paper clip icon somewhere near the subject line in the header section of the message. There will also be some information next to the paper clip icon, such as the number of attachments included in that message, and the size...
- What is good email Netiquette?
- Proper Internet etiquette is often referred to as Netiquette. Students and teachers can avoid embarrassing situations by adhering to some simple guidelines for electronic communication. The following is a list of standards for Netiquette: Always identify yourself and keep your messages brief and to the point. Remember that not everyone accesses email...
- How do I control "spam"?
- The term spam refers to unsolicited emails. Spam is often sent by mass mailing operations that use computers to send millions of messages in a short period of time. Spam has become a popular marketing tactic because it is cheap and easy to send. Also, many spammers set up their accounts overseas in...
- What is "phishing" and how do I protect myself from it?
- Phishing is the practice of using spam emails to fool people into revealing private information that can be used for identity theft. The typical phishing scam involves an email that looks like it was sent by a legitimate organization such as a bank, credit card company, or online store such as eBay or...
- What are rules, and how do I use them to manage my email?
- A rule is a set of criteria and automatic actions that will be applied to new messages as they arrive in your mailbox. Your email program will first check to see if a new message meets the conditions you have specified, then it will perform an action such as move it to a...
- How do I create a signature to appear at the end of my emails?
- A signature is text that appears at the bottom of your emails and is often used to include contact information. Some users also use the signature to personalize their emails by including a favorite quote. To create a new signature in Mail: Choose Mail, Preferences and click Signatures....
- How do I create an email list?
- Most email applications allow you to set up email groups that can contain several email addresses (a mailing list). You can select the email group as the To address whenever you need to send an email to all the people whose addresses have been added to the group. To use a mailing...
- How do I hide the names of my mailing list recipients?
- Many people object to having their email address visible in mailing lists. They may fear that other recipients on the list may use their address in the future to send them unsolicited emails such as chain letters and the like. You can set up your list in a way that does not...
- How do I know who is really sending me an email?
- In order to be really sure who is sending you an email you will have to carefully examine the email headers. This is also a place you can look to catch spam emails. To view all the headers for a message in Mail, select View, Message, Long Headers. The...
