Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional in 10 Minutes

By Dorothy Burke and Jane Calabria

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • Tell Us What You Think!
  • About the Authors
  • Introduction
  • Conventions Used in This Book
  • Lesson 1. Navigating Windows 2000 Professional
  • Lesson 2. Working with a Window
  • Lesson 3. Using Menus
  • Lesson 4. Using Windows 2000 Professional Help
  • Lesson 5. Using Dialog Boxes
  • Lesson 6. Working with Multiple Windows and Applications
  • Lesson 7. Copying, Moving, and Linking Between Windows and Applications
  • Lesson 8. Using My Computer
  • Lesson 9. Managing Files with My Computer
  • Lesson 10. Using WordPad
  • Lesson 11. Understanding File Properties and the Recycle Bin
  • Lesson 12. Printing
  • Lesson 13. Using My Network Places
  • Lesson 14. Using the Control Panel
  • Lesson 15. Using Outlook Express Mail
    • Opening and Closing Outlook Express Mail
    • The Outlook Express Mail Window
    • Sending a Message
    • Using the Windows Address Book
    • Retrieving and Reading Your Messages
    • Saving a File Attached to a Message
    • Replying to a Message
    • Deleting Old Messages
  • Lesson 16. Sharing Workstations and Setting Passwords
  • Lesson 17. Using Internet Explorer 5
  • Lesson 18. Web Site and Document Searching
  • Lesson 19. Troubleshooting, Restarting, and Disaster Planning
  • Lesson 20. Customizing the Windows 2000 Environment

Retrieving and Reading Your Messages

When someone sends mail to you via the Internet, it arrives at your Internet mail server. To read the mail, you have to retrieve it from the server. You can do this manually or set up Outlook Express Mail to do it for you at timed intervals.

To retrieve your messages, log onto the Internet and click the Send and Receive button. Your incoming messages are placed in the Inbox. To view a list of messages, select the Inbox folder in the Folder List.

Unread messages appear in bold. To read a message, do any of the following:

• Select a message in the upper-right pane. Read its contents in the lower-right pane, as shown in Figure 15.5. To view the next unread message, press Ctrl+U.
  

  Figure 15.5 Outlook Express displays a preview pane showing the contents of the selected message.

• Double-click a message in the upper-right pane to open the message in a separate window. After viewing the message, press Esc to close the window.

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