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Mail Basics
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On every new Mac is an application called Mail,
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it lets you send and receive e-mail
right from your desktop.
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You can set up all your accounts
and manage everything in one place.
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Mail works with most popular e-mail accounts
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and takes only a few clicks to set up.
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Setting up Mail
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You'll find Mail in your dock,
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just look for the stamp icon.
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When you first launch Mail
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you'll be asked to enter your name,
e-mail address and password.
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For GMail, AOL, Yahoo
and MobileMe accounts,
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setup is automatic.
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For other accounts you may need
to provide additional information
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such as outgoing and incoming servers.
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Once you set up Mail
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you can start composing messages,
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sending photos to family and friends and more.
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To write a new e-mail message,
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click "New Message" in the toolbar.
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As you start typing an e-mail address,
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Mail shows matching addresses
from contacts in your Address Book.
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Another way to enter e-mail addresses
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is to click the "Address" button in the toolbar,
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this displays your contacts in Address Book,
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and let you select multiple recipients easily.
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To quickly add an attachment to your e-mail
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just drag the file into your message
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or you can use the "Attach" button
in the toolbar.
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Sending photos from your iPhoto libraries
is easy too.
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Just click "Photo Browser" in the toolbar
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to see all of your iPhoto albums and images.
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When you find the photo you want to send
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just drag it in.
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Mail even gives you the option
to adjust the image size
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in the message window.
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Viewing Attachments
with Quick Look
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A feature called Quick Look
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lets you instantly view an attachment
without launching an application.
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It works with popular attachments like PDF
and other documents.
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Quick Look even works with
Microsoft Office files.
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Just received some vacation photos
from a friend,
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click the Quick Look button
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and the images display instantly.
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View them as a slideshow
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or one by one,
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all without leaving Mail.
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Searching through Mail
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Ever had to scroll through your entire inbox
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just to find a single e-mail?
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The search feature in Mail
makes it quick and easy
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to find any e-mail that you are looking for
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even if you can't remember exactly who sent it
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by searching for anything in the e-mail.
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As you type, Mail shows
matching results instantly.
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You can search based on the contents
of an entire message
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or by subject, recipient or sender.
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Thanks to the powerful search function
built right into Mail,
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finding an e-mail has never been easier.
page revision: 2, last edited: 09 Jan 2010 18:59
