To get into your e-mail account, click the e-mail icon on your desktop. You may need to make a password, make sure this is difficult for other people to guess. It is a good idea to have numbers in your password, to make it harder for people to guess. Your password will not come up as letters when you type it in, do not worry about this. You can then click ‘sign in’ and will soon be logged in and ready to go.
Once you have done this you should see your ‘inbox’ where received e-mails will be stored. If you cannot see this, look for the word ‘Inbox’ and click it.
If you have an e-mail you would like to read, click on it. It should open and you will be able to read it. If there are any attachments you should be able to clearly see, click ‘attached files’ and you will probably be given the option to open or save the file. Then you can view it.
If you would like to add the person who sent you the e-mail to your address book- so you can easily find them again- look for the ‘add contacts’ option and click it. It may be listed under ‘mail’, ‘contacts’ or ‘options’. You should easily be able to add the persons e-mail address to your address book, and give them a name and other contact details, if you would like to.
To reply to the e-mail, look for the word ‘reply’, this will be just above the e-mail they sent you.
Press reply. An empty box should come up. You can type your message into this box. Many e-mail providers allow you to change font and add attachments.
If you would like to add an attachment, look for ‘add files’ or ‘add attachment’. Click it!
A browser box should appear, showing you your documents, look for the file you would like to send, click it and it should appear in the e-mail you want to send. It may take a little while to load. If it doesn’t load at all, cancel the upload and try again. Once it has loaded you can send the e-mail.
If you want to check that the e-mail has sent, look in your ‘out-box’, you should see a copy of your e-mail.
To open an attachment, click the attachment, this will look like a sheet of paper with writing on it or a picture. A box will appear asking if you wish to open or save the file, choose whichever option you prefer and after a little while you will be able to view the attachment.
To add more contacts, find the e-mail address of the person you would like as a contact, go into add contacts/ address book as you did before and add their e-mail address- make sure you have the correct e-mail!
If you are sent an e-mail you would like someone else to have, you can forward it. Look for the word ‘Forward’, above the e-mail they have sent, and press it. A box should pop up and you can choose who you would like to send the e-mail to.
Sending an e-mail is very easy. Have a look for the ‘write’, ‘new e-mail’ or ‘create’ option, click it and just as when you reply to an e-mail a box will appear that you can insert text/ attachments to. There will be two boxes above your text box: ‘To:’ and ‘Subject’. Often you can click ‘To:’ and your contact list will appear, you can just choose the person you would like to send the e-mail to. Otherwise, type in their e-mail address. Be sure it is correct. ‘Subject’ is for you to put a summary of what the e-mail is about, for example: if you were ordering flower pots the e-mail could have the subject ‘Flower pots’. Simple.
Any e-mails from people you do not know asking you to download things, give any credit card details or go to a webpage you do not recognise should be marked as junk and deleted. These e-mails are likely to contain viruses that can harm your computer or collect information so people can hack into your bank account.
Depending what e-mail provider you use there will be a tick box next to the e-mail that you can press before clicking the word ‘junk’- probably above the e-mail. The e-mail and any from that sender will now be banished to the junk folder, where it will be automatically deleted after a while.
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