Retrieve and View E-mail Messages
To retrieve e-mail messages sent by others, Outlook must connect to your ISP’s mail server. You instruct Outlook to do so by clicking the Send/Receive button in Mail.
If your Outlook window is configured to display the reading pane, you can preview a message in your message list. Alternatively, you can open the message in its own window.
Retrieve and View E-mail Messages
1. | If Mail is not currently open, click the Mail button in the navigation pane.
Outlook switches to Mail.
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2. | Click the Send/Receive button.
Outlook connects to your ISP’s server and downloads any new messages addressed to you.
 Unread messages appear in bold.
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3. | Click the message you want to preview or open.
 The contents of the message appear in the reading pane.
Note: If the reading pane is not currently displayed on-screen, you can reveal it by opening the View menu, clicking Reading Pane, and selecting either Right or Bottom, depending ... |
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