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An email address is like your personal ZIP code for receiving
mail messages. This is also the way you send messages to other email
users. The format used for email addresses is username@location.
Your system administrator uses this format to set up user (email)
addresses. This section gives you most of the information you need to
address, compose, and send a message to another user. Using
Aliases | |
An alias is just a private name for one or more user names
(or user addresses). By creating a distribution list of user addresses
to which you frequently send mail and giving it an alias, you can
just type the name of the alias instead of typing each address in
the To field every time you send messages. The name you give to
your alias can be descriptive of a group of users or just a name
you will remember. This alias only works for your user name from
your machine. To
Create an AliasChoose Aliases from the Category menu of
the Mail Options dialog box. Type the name for your alias in the Alias field. Type the user addresses that will make up the alias
in the Addresses field. Each of these should be in the form username@location and
be separated by a comma, space, or both. Click Add to add the information in the Alias and Addresses
fields to the Aliases list. You can also change or remove an alias in the same
manner using either the Change or Delete button. Click OK or Apply to make the settings take effect.
To Address, Compose, and Send a Mail MessageOnce you have a user's email address, you can send
a message. | | | |  | NOTE: If this is the first time you are using email and if
you know your own email address, you can use these procedures to
send a test message to yourself. | | | | |
If Mailer is not already started, click the
Mailer control in the Front Panel. The mailbox appears. Choose New Message from the Compose menu. The (New Message) Compose window appears. Type the email address of the recipient in the To field
and press Return. You can send a message to a single user, multiple users,
or an alias. For information on aliases, see “Using
Aliases”. Optional. Type the email addresses
of users you want to be carbon copy recipients of this message in
the Cc field. Optional. Type the topic or title
of the message in the Subject field and press Return. Once your message is addressed, press Return to go to
the text area and compose the message. To find out about editing text in your message, see “Editing Text in a Mail Message” or “Formatting Text in a Mail Message”. Choose Include from
the File menu to insert a text file into your message. You can save the message you are composing at any time by
choosing Save As Text from the Compose File menu. Optional. Add files to the message,
if necessary. To find out how to add an attachment, see “Tattachmentsadding
to mail messageo Add an Attachmentaddingattachments
to mail messages”. | | | | | NOTE: Choose Log Message from the Compose File menu to save
a copy of the message to a mailbox. | | | | |
Click the Send button or choose Send from the Compose
File menu. The Compose window closes and the message is sent. | | | | | NOTE: Clicking Close removes the Compose window and discards
your message. Be sure to save any text you might want later before
closing the Compose window. | | | | |
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