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Your mission - should you choose to accept - is .....

GET YOURSELF AN EMAIL ADDRESS NOW!


.... then
*** CGEA ***
POINTER

Notice what a great bit of Reading & Writing for Practical Purposes this activity is!

And that's before you've ever started writing an email...

You can get yourself a

*** FREE EMAIL ADDRESS ***

from

.

Read these instructions first, then click on the "HOTMAIL" logo above.

To get it, you will have to:

  1. invent a login name and password
  2. fill in a form, giving some details about yourself.
  3. confirm your password and login (or maybe choose a slightly different one if someone else has the same name)
  4. use your login and password to access your email on HOTMAIL's website.
  5. write down and LEARN the Hotmail web address so you can access your email from any computer with internet access and a web browser.



The only thing that really needs to be completely true is your name. This will appear on all the email that you send, so only put "Peter Pan" or "Margaret Thatcher" if you can live with this on all your messages to the rest of the world.

When you go to the HOTMAIL page you will see these buttons. Click on the button to sign up.



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Once you get into your hotmail site, you will see a menu like this one on the left side of your screen.

CHECKING YOUR MAIL

Click on the "In Box" button to get a list emails that have come for you. There should be one there already from the Hotmail staff.

READING NEW MAIL

To read a new message, click on the blue link, which is the name of the sender.

WRITING AN EMAIL FROM SCRATCH

To write a completely new message, click on the "Compose" button. This will give you a fresh email form to fill in.You type the email address of the person you're writing to in the "TO" space. Your address is put in automatically.

Put a subject that will give the addressee a clue about what you're sending. Then click in the blank white space below and start writing, just as you would a letter or a quick note.

REPLYING TO AN EMAIL

To reply to an email you've just been reading, click on the "REPLY" button which is at the top AND the bottom of their message. Hotmail will automatically open a new composition window for you with the two addresses already in place.

GETTING HELP

To get detailed instructions, look for the "HELP" button, located in the bottom right hand corner of the Hotmail window. This is a **** MUST READ ***







A few sites for more info on good emailing
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