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Composing and sending an e-mail
When you’re ready to send an e-mail, follow these
steps to compose your letter and drop it in the elec-
tronic mailbox, sending it through virtual space to the
recipient’s computer:
1. From the Start screen, open the Mail app’s tile
and click the New icon (plus sign) in the pro-
gram’s top-right corner.
A New Message window appears, empty and
awaiting your words.
If you’ve added more than one e-mail account
to the Mail app, choose your return address
by clicking the downward-pointing arrow in
the From box — the box currently listing your
e-mail address. Then select the account you
want to use for sending that particular mail.
2. Type your friend’s e-mail address into the
To box.
As you begin typing, the Mail app scans your
People app’s list for both names and e-mail
addresses, listing potential matches below the To
box. Spot a match on the list? Click it, and the
Mail app automatically fills in the rest of the
e-mail address.
To send an e-mail to several people, click the plus
sign to the right of the To box. The People app
appears, listing your contacts’ names and e-mail
addresses. Click the name — or names — of the
people you want to receive your e-mail and then
click the Add button. The Mail app addresses
your e-mail, just as if you’d typed it in manually.
3. Click in the Subject line and type in a subject.
Click the words Add a Subject at the top of
themessage and type in your own subject. In
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