8. Using the Mail App and Messaging to Stay Connected

In This Chapter

• Exploring the Email App

Setting Up Email

• Reading Your Email Message

• Writing Your Email Message

• Formatting Your Message

Addressing Your Message

Using the Messaging App

This chapter introduces the new Mail application in Windows 8. Like the People, Calendar, Messaging, and many other apps, Mail is a new Windows 8 app that’s launched directly from the Start screen.

There are certainly email apps, many of which run from the Desktop, available in the market with more features than those found in the Windows 8 Mail app. You might find a suitable replacement in the Windows 8 store, or you can use an email program you used previously with an older version of Windows. ...

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