| The AOL® service includes access to e-mail. You can send e-mail to AOL users and other Internet e-mail addresses using the AOL® Desktop for Mac® software. Using AOL® Mail, you can write a generic e-mail or you can spruce it up with pictures, emoticons, and signatures.
How to
Send an e-mail
1. On the AOL toolbar, click the Mail icon.
2. Click Write Mail.
3. In the To box, type the e-mail address of the person to whom you want to send the e-mail. To send the same message to multiple people, simply separate each e-mail address by a comma.
Notes:
- You can also add e-mail addresses from the Address Book by clicking your Address Book on the Write Mail window, and then dragging the appropriate e-mail addresses to the To or Cc box.
- You can send e-mail to any AOL user by typing the screen name of the person in the To or Cc box. However, to send e-mail to people who use other e-mail applications, you must include the entire e-mail address along with the domain. Example: address@domain.com. If you leave out any part of the e-mail address, the e-mail will be returned to you undelivered.
4. In the Subject box, type a suitable subject line for your e-mail.
5. Type your message in the message box. When you have finished, click Send.
6. If you do not want to send the e-mail immediately, you can save it by clicking Save Draft.
Note: To retrieve the e-mails that you saved as drafts, go to your mailbox by clicking the Mail icon on the toolbar, and then click the Drafts folder.
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Read an e-mail
1. On the AOL toolbar, click the Mail icon.
2. In the mailbox window, click the Inbox tab, and then double-click the e-mail that you want to read from the list of e-mails that you've received.
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Check for unread e-mail
All new e-mails will have a blue dot next to them; they will be marked in bold.
If you see an e-mail that is marked in bold but has no blue dot, it means that the mail was read, and then marked as unread by clicking Mark As Unread.
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Respond to an e-mail
If you wish to reply to an e-mail, you can do so in any of the following ways:
- Reply: Click Reply to respond only to the sender of the e-mail.
- Reply All: Click Reply All to respond to the sender and everyone else who received the e-mail. Anyone that received a BCC of the original e-mail will not be included in the reply all e-mail.
- Forward: Click Forward to forward the e-mail to another e-mail address.
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