Laptops All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies- P63: Okay, I’ll admit it: I’ve got a strange biography. I’ve been a writer all my life. My first semi-pro job was sports editor of my high school newspaper. (Go Commodores!) After college I was a political reporter for daily newspapers in Ohio and New York (I covered four national nominating conventions and two Presidential campaigns) and a correspondent for The Associated Press. And then, in 1983, I gave in to my inner geek and became the first Executive Editor of PC Magazine, back in the days when most people asked, “What is a PC?”. | 594 Using Windows Mail or Outlook Express Among the questions you ll answer is the choice of a display name this is the name that recipients of your mail see on their own e-mail client. It isn t the same as your e-mail address but if someone hits the Reply button their software program will recognize and use your address from the details included in the message. See Figure 5-2. To remove an e-mail account follow along 1. Open the e-mail client. 2. Click Tools Accounts. 3. Highlight the account you want out of the program. 4. Click the Remove button. Figure 5-2 Your e-mail provider should offer a listing or phone support to help fill out the forms of the Windows Mail e-mail account setup wizard and the similar screens of Outlook Express . Reading e-mail messages and replying When you first open Windows Mail or Outlook Express the program checks for any received mail and sends any messages it finds waiting to go out. After then it s set up to automatically jingle your mailbox every 30 minutes you can issue a right-now command by clicking the Send Receive button in the toolbar. Using Windows Mail or Outlook Express 595 You can change the default interval with these steps 1. Click Tools Options. 2. Go to the General tab. 3. Set the time between automatic searches. The time can be any number of minutes from 1 to 480. In the same section see Figure 5-3 you can instruct the system to play a sound anytime new messages arrive depending on your work habits that can be very helpful or very annoying. Figure 5-3 The General tab of the Options window allows customization of alerts for new mail. Book VIII Chapter 5 Folders abound Inbox. New mail goes here on the right side of the panel. Mail remains in the Inbox unless you move it to another folder the folder name is bold anytime an unread message is within. The system also displays a number next to the Inbox folder name to indicate how many messages you haven t read. Junk E-mail or Spam. For Windows Mail users depending on your
