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Computer Basics
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Folders
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The Folders list is loaded with the following standard
folders: Inbox, Outbox, Sent Items, Deleted items and
Drafts.
If this list is not visible on the left
side of the OE program, go to the View menu, and choose Layout. When the window opens, put a check
mark beside the features, Folder list and Contacts.
Close the box and, like magic, your windows are back. You can
create as many folders or subfolders as needed. For example, if you
would want a place to keep important emails, such as confirmation of user
names and passwords, you might consider creating a folder call 'Keepers' and
store those important emails. If you take a look at our example,
we have also created 2 folders under the 'Inbox'.
Notice, there is an expand icon beside the 'Work'
folder. This would indicate there are still more folders under that
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| The Inbox is where your emails come into your computer.
You can have as many incoming emails as you choose.
You know when new
emails arrive by the inbox icon becoming boded and the unread messages are
shown blue and in parenthesis. Once you have read the message, or have
an unread messaged selected for more than 5 seconds, the message will be
consider read and the number of unread messages will be reduced by one.
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| The Outbox is where your computer temporarily stores outgoing
messages. Once successfully sent, the messages are automatically moved
to the Sent Items folder. |
| The Sent items folder lists all the emails you have
sent. Again, there is no real limit as to how many emails you choose to
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| Deleted items stores any emails you have deleted. You
can clean out this folder at any time. You can also retrieve deleted
items and move them to any other folder in the program.
You can choose to delete one email at a time, or you can choose all or some
of the messages and delete them in bulk. Since you have to confirm each
deletion in Deleted items, it might be an idea to practice selecting
files for this operation.
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| Any unfinished emails will be stored in the Drafts
folder. You can write emails over many days and send only when you have
completed them.
When you are ready to continue writing, just choose the Drafts
folder and then double-click on the email. When you are finally ready to
send it, just choose the send button.
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Creating a folder
| If you want to create a folder, first, decide where you
are going to put it. If you choose the folder in the folder list,
you won't have to tell OE where to put it.
Either point to:
the Folders list and right mouse button click, choose New
folder. or
choose File on the menu bar, then choose Folder.
Regardless of which you method you use, the 'Create folder' dialog
box will open and request the name of your new folder. If you
chose the folder first, it will be selected in the dialog box,
otherwise, choose the location from the available choices. Click
on the OK button.
Abracadabra, you have a brand new folder. |
Move items to a folder
Once you have created new folders and you want to move
individual emails to those folder, just point to the desired email, hold
down your left mouse button and then drag the email over to the folder
you want to file them in. You should let go of the left mouse
button when the folder you are targeting becomes highlighted.  |
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