Touring the Outlook Express Window

Outlook Express7 300x233 Touring the Outlook Express WindowYou can open Outlook Express in the following ways:

· Double-click the Outlook Express icon on your hard drive.

· In Internet Explorer, click the Mail button on the Standard toolbar, and then click Read Mail or Read News. What you’ll see when you open Outlook Express. This window contains the usual Macintosh Menu bar and Title bar, as well as a useful toolbar. The Folders list is a tool for organizing messages and contains the following folders by default, although, as you will see, you can add your own folders to this list:

· The Inbox folder is the repository for newly received messages and messages that you haven’t disposed of in some way.

· The Outbox folder contains messages that are ready to be sent.

· The Sent Items folder contains copies of messages that you have sent.

· The Deleted Items folder contains copies of messages that you have deleted. In other words, unless you tell Outlook Express to do otherwise, messages that you delete are not immediately removed but are placed in the Deleted Items folder.

· The Drafts folder contains messages that you are working on but that aren’t yet ready to be sent.

· The Address Book contains a list of all contacts you have.

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