Compose Composing/Sending an Email Composing an email is simple. All you have to do is: 1. fill in the email address of your recipient in the "To:" field 2. fill in the subject of your email in the "Subject:" field 3. write your message in the large box at the bottom of the screen 4. click on the "Send Email!" button Among other things, you can also send Carbon Copy's [Cc] and Blind Carbon Copies [Bcc] to your friends, include attachments, save sent emails in your sent items folder, include signatures and automatically address your emails to people in your contact list via the auto insert feature. « Back Compose Contact Inserter The Contact Inserter lets you automatically address your emails to your contacts. The Contact Inserter will insert contacts you select [in to the "To, Cc and Bcc" fields] so you do not have to manually type in their email addresses. You can hide the Contact Inserter by clicking on the "X" button. This will leave the Contact Inserter hidden until you click on the "Show" button. If you have no contacts, the Contact Inserter will not be displayed. To automatically address your emails to your contacts: 1. Open the Contact Inserter if it is not already open. 2. Place a check mark in the boxes next to the contacts to whom you want to address your email. 3. Select whether your contacts will be inserted in the "To, Cc, or Bcc" field and then click on Insert. You can insert multiple contacts at once by checking multiple boxes. You can also repeat the above steps to insert contacts into different address fields like "To" and "Cc" « Back Compose To: The "To:" field is where you place the email address of your recipient. The "To" field is intended for your primary recipient; however, you can place more than one email address in this field! If you fill in multiple recipients in the "To:", "Cc:" or "Bcc:" field, the email addresses must be separated by a semi-colon (;) as follows: john@christianoutdoorsman.net; sara@christianoutdoorsman.net Every recipient's address listed in the "To:" field will be visible to all other recipients. « Back Compose Cc The "Cc:" [Carbon Copy] field enables you to send a copy of the email you are composing to secondary recipients. Your primary recipients [usually to whom the actual message is directed] are in the "To:" field. If you fill in multiple recipients in the "To:", "Cc:" or "Bcc:" field, the email addresses must be separated by a semi-colon (;) as follows: john@christianoutdoorsman.net; sara@christianoutdoorsman.net Every recipient's address listed in the "Cc:" field will be visible to all other recipients. « Back Compose Bcc The "Bcc:" [Blind Carbon Copy] field enables you to send a copy of the email you are composing to secondary recipients without revealing to the "To:" and "Cc:" recipients that the email was sent to other people. Even a "Bcc:" recipient can not tell if an email is sent to another "Bcc:" recipient. If you fill in multiple recipients in the "To:", "Cc:" or "Bcc:" field, the email addresses must be separated by a semi-colon (;) as follows: john@christianoutdoorsman.net; sara@christianoutdoorsman.net Your primary recipients [usually to whom the actual message is directed] are listed in the "To:" field. Every recipient's address listed in the "Cc:" field will be visible to all other recipients. However, as mentioned above, all addresses listed in the "Bcc:" field will not be visible to anyone. « Back Compose Use Signature: To include a permanent signature in your email you must first create one. To learn how to create permanent signatures, click here. You can have multiple sigantures, but only select one per email. You have a default signature which will always appear first in your signature list. Your default signature is marked by an astersisk (*). To include your permanent signature in the email you are creating: 1. locate the drop down box next to the signature field and click on the arrow pointing downwards to open your list of signatures 2. click on the signature to be used in your email. 3. make sure the check box next to your selected signature is checked [if you do not want to use a signature, leave the check box unchecked] « Back Compose Save Sent Emails The Save Sent Emails feature allows you to save an email you just sent in your "Sent Items" folder. Saving your sent emails will provide you with a copy of the email you sent. To save your email in the "Sent Items" folder place a check mark in the box next to the text: "Save a copy of this email to your Sent Items folder?" If you do not want to save your sent emails, leave the box empty. TIPS: Saving sent emails takes up space in your mailbox. You can set the behavior of "save sent emails" in the Options section so the box will always or never be check marked by default. « Back Compose Attach The "Attach:" feature enables you to attach local files to an outgoing email. There are two ways to attach a file: 1. use the "Browse..." button to find and automatically insert a file's location into the "Attach:" field 2. manually type into the "Attach:" field the location of the file on your computer NOTE: You can only insert 3 attachemnts per email! Each attachment must be placed in its own field. To attach a file using the "Browse..." button: 1. click on the "Browse..." button and a box should pop up from your computer enabling you to browse through your computer's files 2. locate the file you would like to insert and click on it [if you double-clicked on the file, jump to point 4] 3. once the file name appears in the field "File Name:", click on the "Open" button and the file location will automatically appear in the "Attach:" field 4. to attach another attachment repeat the above steps using the next "Browse..." button 5. when you are ready to send your email, it will be sent with the attachment(s) « Back