A Tutorial for Using AOL E-Mail

When the America Online connection is made, click on "Mail Center." When the Mail Center opens, click to "Read Mail" or to "Write Mail."

If you want to read mail, click "Read Mail." If there are any new e-mails received, you'll see them listed. To read a specific e-mail, click on the name of the sender and then click on "Read" at the bottom left of the listed message screen.

This will open up the message from the other person. When you are finished reading the message, if you want to respond to it, click on "Reply" at the right side of the message screen. This will automatically open a new screen which will already have the e-mail address of the person in the correct place. Then click into the main message area (the larger open block below the address) and type your message.

When you are done, click "Send Now" at the upper right of the screen and the message will be sent. It will open a small window telling you that the message has been sent. When that closes, you can go to the next message by clicking on "Next" at the bottom.

If you go into the Mail Center to begin writing a message (not to read them) then click on "Write Mail." And this will open a blank e-mail for you to compose. When the blank opens, you must first insert an e-mail address for the person you are writing to.

Do this by clicking on the Address Book at the right side of the blank e-mail. When the address book opens, click on the person's name and then click on the "Send To" button.

This will insert the correct e-mail address in the proper place. (If you want to send the same message to more than one person, repeat the steps above for adding additional e-mail addresses.)

When you have inserted all addresses, click on the "x" at the upper right of the address book screen to close it. Then click inside the subject line and type a subject of the e-mail. Then click inside the main message area and type your message. When you have finished writing the message, click on "Send Now" at the upper right of the screen and the message will be sent.

To add addresses to the address book, click on "Mail Center", then click on "Address Book." To add the new address, click on "New Person" at the bottom of the address book window. This will open a new screen. Click inside the window for the first name and type it. Then click inside the window for the last name and type it. Then click inside the window for the e-mail address and type in the correct e-mail address. Then click on "OK" at the bottom of the address book screen. If you are adding only one name, then you can close the address book by clicking on the "x" at the upper right of the address book.