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All the Internet Service Providers offered by Packard Bell feature full electronic mail support, which means for you the ability to:
Be assigned an electronic address
This is the electronic equivalent of your postal address.
Send mail to somebody else's electronic address.
Receive mail through the Internet.
Attach files of information (images, sounds, etc) to mails you send.
In order for you to use all mail services, you will be assigned an electronic e-mail address: communicate this address to all the persons you wish to exchange mail with.
Generally, your address will
look like: username@mailprovider.com.
The left part is your "personal identifier" (mail box name) that will probably
look like your Username on the Internet Service.
The funny sign @ is pronounced "at" and precedes the "domain name" of
the Mail server you are using.
Examples:
Netp@ss: jdoe@uk.packardbell.org
CompuServe: 100354.354@Compuserve.com
(note that the comma in the username is replaced with a period)MSN: johndoe@msn.com
AOL: johndoe@aol.com
Now that you know what your address is, we are going to see how to send and receive mail. However, you may ask yourself, "where is my mail stored?"
Since your computer is not connected permanently to the Internet, your Internet Service Provider will receive the mail that your friends send you and, when you connect, will display a message to tell you so. You will then be able to read your mail, reply to it and, if necessary, retrieve any attachment. It is just like having a P.O.l Box!
3/4- HOW DO I SEND AND RECEIVE A MAIL MESSAGE?
A- Sending a mail
Let's try to send a mail to a CompuServe member. Note that his address looks like xxxxx.xxx@Compuserve.com
We will use the example of the mail system of CompuServe 3.0, but the principle is the same for all mail systems.
Launch your Internet Service (for instance, CompuServe).
Click on the Mail Centre button and select the Create tab.
Now click on New.
Fill in the name, address or User ID of your recipient.
You can now enter a subject and the text of the message you want to send. Once the message is finalised , just click on Send and the message is processed!
B- Receiving a mail
From the CompuServe main screen, choose Mail Centre and select the Read tab.
To read a message, just double-click on the one you want.
When writing your mail, you should always remember that there is no perfect privacy on the Internet (yet!). It is theoretically possible that somebody could peek into your mail.
Don't use capital letters when they are not necessary: THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF SHOUTING!
Before clicking on Send, proof-read your text to avoid sending mistakes.