Compose and Send an Email Message in Windows Live Mail, Windows Mail or Outlook Express
To compose and deliver an email in Windows Live Mail, Windows Mail or Outlook Express:
- ›› Step by Step Screenshot Walkthrough (using Outlook Express)
- Click the New button in Windows Live Mail, and the Create Mail button in the Windows Mail or Outlook Express toolbar.
- Click in the To: field.
- Start typing the name of the person you want to email.
- If Windows Live Mail, Windows Mail or Outlook Express automatically completes the name, press Return.
- If Windows Live Mail, Windows Mail or Outlook Express cannot complete the name, type the recipient's complete email address (e.g. "recipient@example.com", not including the quotation marks) instead.
- To send your message to multiple recipients, separate them with semicolons (;).
- You can also use the Cc: and Bcc: fields to send carbon copies of your email. The Cc: and Bcc: fields are used in exactly the same way as the To: field.
- Type a short and meaningful subject in the Subject: field.
- Click in the message body area.
- Type your message.
- You can use rich HTML formatting to spice up the text.
- Click Send.
