Show All

Hide All

1. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Mail Message.
2. Enter recipient names in the To: , Cc:, or Bcc: boxes (To, Cc, and Bcc boxes: A message is sent to the recipients in the To box. Recipients in the Cc (carbon copy) and Bcc (blind carbon copy) boxes also get the message; however, the names of the recipients in the Bcc box aren't visible to other recipients.). Separate names with a semicolon (;).

   To select recipient names from a list in the Address Book, click the To or Cc button.

3. In the Subject box, type the subject of the message.
4. In the message body, type the message.
5. Set message options, if you want. Do one or more of the following:

   Change the importance level

   • Mark as very important. Click .

   • Mark as not important. Click .

   Make a message unavailable after a specified date

   1. Click Options.
   2. Under Delivery options, select the Expires after check box, and then enter the expiration date you want.

   Delay delivery of the message

   1. Click Options.
   2. Under Delivery options, select the Do not deliver before check box, and then enter the delivery date and time you want.

      To enter a time, you must type in the box.

   Save a copy of this message to a folder other than Sent Items

   1. In the message, click Options.

   2. Under Delivery options, select the Save sent message to check box.

   3. Click Browse, and then click the folder you want.

6. Click Send.

Notes

• If your profile contains more than one e-mail account, mail is sent using your default mail account. To specify which e-mail account to use, click Accounts, and then click the account name.
• To send a message to part of a distribution list, click the plus sign (+) next to the name of the distribution list and then delete the names you do not want the message sent to.