September 2005
Beginner to intermediate
528 pages
23h 55m
English
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ou know how every copy of Windows comes with Outlook Express, a basic,
free email program? Well, every copy of Mac OS X comes with Mail, a slightly
fancier email program that’s also free. Mail is a surprisingly complete, refresh-
ingly attractive program, filled with shortcuts and surprises. Together with the high-
octane Address Book program included with Mac OS X 10.4, you may never pine for
your Windows setup again.
Note: This chapter assumes that you’ve already transferred your email, addresses, and email account settings
to Mail and the Address Book, as described in Chapter 6.
Checking Your Mail
You can get new mail and send mail you’ve already written in any of several ways:
• Click Get Mail on the toolbar.
• Choose MailboxÆGet All New Mail (or press Shift-c-N).
Note: If you have multiple email accounts, you can also use the MailboxÆGet New Mail submenu to pick
just one account to check for new mail.
• Control-click (or right-click) Mail’s Dock icon, and choose Get New Mail from
the shortcut menu. (You can use this method from any program, as long as Mail
is already open.)
Mail and Address Book
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• Wait. Mail comes set to check your email automatically every few minutes. To adjust
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