Chapter 9. Communicating via E-mail and Chat

You can use the Apple Mail application to send e-mail to and read e-mail from friends, family, colleagues, and even total strangers almost anywhere in the world. You can also use the iChat application to exchange instant messages. This chapter shows you how to perform these and many more communications tasks.

Communicating via E-mail and Chat

Open and Close Mail 1880

Add an E-mail Account 190

Send an E-mail Message 192

Add a File Attachment 194

Add a Signature 196

Receive and Read E-mail Messages 198

Reply to a Message 200

Forward a Message 202

Open and Close iChat 204

Add a Buddy 206

Start a Text Chat 208

Start an Audio Chat 210

Open and Close Mail ...

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