Private Mail
Sending FirstClass Mail
On completion of this exercise you will be able to send a FirstClass
message (e-mail or mail).
For the purposes of the exercise we have invented a set of 'virtual
students'. The names of the virtual students are:
Ahmed Avocado, Bertha Banana, Conan Clementine, Delilah Damson, Elvis
Elderberry, Francoise Fig, Gerhardt Grapefruit and Henrietta Honeydew (they may
also be referred to as 'the fruitees'). You can send messages to them and they
will instantly reply.
Click on the play button
located at the bottom right hand
corner of the animation screen to play a movie that takes you through sending a
FirstClass message (also covered in the text below).
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Open your Mailbox
by either
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Selecting File> Open> Mailbox from the Menu toolbar
or
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Double-click on the Mailbox icon
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From the Menu toolbar select Message> New Message,
alternatively click the New Message icon
on the toolbar
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Type in their FirstClass preferred name into the To: field and
press return
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Proceed with either 4 i) or
ii)
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4 i) If an icon
appears to the left
hand side of their name this is a valid address
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Goto step 5
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4 ii) If a person has accounts on more
than one server a Directory box will pop-up detailing these other accounts as
shown in Figure 1
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Bertha Banana (indicates same server as yourself)
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Bertha Banana,oufcntX.open.ac.uk (where X indicates
another FirstClass server number)
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Select the address you require by highlighting it and
clicking on the To: button
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Either an internal address
icon or an external
address
icon will appear to the left
hand side of their name to indicate a valid address.
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Close down the Directory box
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Goto step 5
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Add in a subject in the Subject: field
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Enter your text into the main body of the message
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From the Menu toolbar select Message> Send and Close
or click the Send and Close icon
The mail will have been sent and will appear in your mailbox.
Messages you send are indicated by To:
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