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Email is an easy way to send messages to anyone who has an email address.

Email addresses have the form username@domain.

lbaci@sch.ci.lexington.ma.us

username@aol.com

president@ whitehouse.gov

The username (the part before the @ symbol) identifies a person or position.

The domain (the part after the @ symbol) identifies the computer/organization where the user has an email account.

Use Mail & News Preferences (under the Options menu) to set up Netscape so that you can send and receive email.

To send or check your email, choose Netscape Mail in the Window menu

or click the envelope in the bottom of the browser window.

Clicking on an email link in a web site (e.g., send your comments to lbaci@sch.ci.lexington.ma.us) will also launch Netscape Mail and open a window for you to type your message.

Netscape Mail lets you send files and pictures as well as text messages. You can also link to a web site by clicking on URLs in the text of a message.

If you use email a lot, you may prefer a program that is designed just for email.

One of the most popular programs for both Macs and PCs is Eudora, which is available in both free (Eudora Light) and commercial versions (Eudora Pro). Adam Engst, who recently wrote a book on Eudora maintains a Eudora web site that has links to many other web sites, mailing lists, and discussion groups that focus on Eudora.

Several companies are now offering a variety of different free email services. Examples include:

Hotmail, a web-based email that you can access from any web browser.

Juno, a free email service for PCs that does not require you to sign up with an ISP.

You can search the Internet to locate someone's email address.

Switchboard - can provide phone numbers, street and email addresses

Four11 - can provide phone numbers, street and email addresses

Bigfoot - automatically uses "wildcard" searching

There are also many mailing lists or electronic newletters (sometimes called listservs) that you can receive via email.

Several sites enable you to search for mailing lists. Many of these sites also provide information on how to use mailing lists.

Liszt

The List of Lists

Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions also provides a comprehensive on-line guide to using mailing lists.

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©1998-2002 Lisa Baci. All rights reserved.
Please send comments to Lisa Baci at lbaci@mac.com

This site was created for a Lexington Community Education course and does not provide authorized support for any of the software products discussed. Throughout this site trademarked names and icons are used. Rather than put a trademark symbol in every occurance of a trademark, the site uses these names and icons only in an editorial fashion and to the benefit of the trademark owner with no intention of infringement of the trademark.

Exploration Search		Email is an easy way to send messages to anyone who has an email address. Email addresses have the form username@domain. lbaci@sch.ci.lexington.ma.us username@aol.com president@ whitehouse.gov The username (the part before the @ symbol) identifies a person or position. The domain (the part after the @ symbol) identifies the computer/organization where the user has an email account.
		Use Mail & News Preferences (under the Options menu) to set up Netscape so that you can send and receive email.


		To send or check your email, choose Netscape Mail in the Window menu

		or click the envelope in the bottom of the browser window.
		Clicking on an email link in a web site (e.g., send your comments to lbaci@sch.ci.lexington.ma.us) will also launch Netscape Mail and open a window for you to type your message.

		Netscape Mail lets you send files and pictures as well as text messages. You can also link to a web site by clicking on URLs in the text of a message.
		If you use email a lot, you may prefer a program that is designed just for email. One of the most popular programs for both Macs and PCs is Eudora, which is available in both free (Eudora Light) and commercial versions (Eudora Pro). Adam Engst, who recently wrote a book on Eudora maintains a Eudora web site that has links to many other web sites, mailing lists, and discussion groups that focus on Eudora.
		Several companies are now offering a variety of different free email services. Examples include: Hotmail, a web-based email that you can access from any web browser. Juno, a free email service for PCs that does not require you to sign up with an ISP.
		You can search the Internet to locate someone's email address. Switchboard - can provide phone numbers, street and email addresses Four11 - can provide phone numbers, street and email addresses Bigfoot - automatically uses "wildcard" searching
		There are also many mailing lists or electronic newletters (sometimes called listservs) that you can receive via email. Several sites enable you to search for mailing lists. Many of these sites also provide information on how to use mailing lists. Liszt The List of Lists Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions also provides a comprehensive on-line guide to using mailing lists.

		Exploration, URLs, Search, Bookmarks,ISPs, Email, Newsgroups, Safe Surfing, Plug-ins, Downloading Files

		©1998-2002 Lisa Baci. All rights reserved. Please send comments to Lisa Baci at lbaci@mac.com

		This site was created for a Lexington Community Education course and does not provide authorized support for any of the software products discussed. Throughout this site trademarked names and icons are used. Rather than put a trademark symbol in every occurance of a trademark, the site uses these names and icons only in an editorial fashion and to the benefit of the trademark owner with no intention of infringement of the trademark.