b-email.doc

Yahoo, Ymail, Rocketmail Exercises

(Note: your first time you are asked to choose the New Version – DO IT!)

To Begin

Go to the address mail.yahoo.com

Click on “Sign In”

Enter your Yahoo, Ymail, or Rocketmail address and your “Password”

Click on the “Sign In” box

Click on the picture of the envelope with the word “Mail”

Writing Email, ie. How to write and send an email from your email address

Click on “New” (Compose) a new tab is then opened labeled “New Email Message”

In the “To:” field, type the instructor’s email address wallyfant@yahoo.com

In the “Cc:” field, type your own email address Your-ID@Your-Email.com

In the “Subject” field, type the subject info, eg. “A reason for web email”

In the blank message space, type your message, eg. a reason for web based email

Click on the “send” box and note that the message has been sent.

Click on either the “OK” box or the “X” in the “Message Sent” tab.

Receiving Email, ie How to receive, open, read and remove or delete your Email

Click on “Check Mail”

Select a message and open and read it, by clicking on the message’s subject line

After opening and reading your message, click on the “Delete” box

Note: If you wish to keep your message do not click on “Delete”. However, if you do

delete it, it can still be retrieved for “awhile” from the “Trash” folder

Sending Email with Attachments

Click on “New” (Compose) – a new tab is then opened labeled “New Email Message”

In the “To:” field, type the instructor’s email address wallyfant@yahoo.com

In the “Cc:” field, type your own email address Your-Yahoo-ID@Your-Email.com

In the “Subject” field, type the subject info, eg. “picture attached”

Click on the “Attach” box with the picture of the paperclip

Select a file to be attached and Click on the “Open” box – note the successful attachment

Note: You may attach up to 10 MBytes to an email

In the blank message space, type a reason for sending the attachment and your name

Click on the “send” box and note that the message has been sent

Click on either the “OK” box or the “X” in the “Message Sent” tab.

Receiving and Storing Email Attachments

Click on the “Check Mail” box

Select a message and, to open and read it, click on the message’s subject line

Under the sender’s name you will find a “paper clip” icon. Click or double click on it.

After the virus scan, click on “Download Attachment”. You can now “Save” it to your

computer or “Open” it for viewing. Note: after viewing it can also then be saved.

In any case, saving will require you to choose a place to save it.

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