How to use email



What is e-mail?

E-mail is an electronic message sent from one computer to another. The Brain Spot provides links to the email server, Yahoo. This works like your personal mailbox or post office. You can use this email from any computer that is linked to the Internet.

TO GET YOUR OWN EMAIL ACCOUNT:
  1. Go to the The Brain Spot's People page
    You can click on icon of 3 figures on navigation bar or on The Brain Spot's home page.

  2. Go to Yahoo Email page
    You can click on icon of envelope.

  3. Click on the underlined words, "Sign me up."
  4. Click on the boxes and type your answers.
  5. Click on the box that says, "Submit this form."
  6. Remember to write down the email name you choose and your password!!


TO OPEN YOUR EMAIL: After you have signed up for an account,
  1. Type in the name you choose next to "Yahoo ID"
  2. Type in your pasword. Your computer won't show this.
    It will only show, "*"
  3. Click on the box that says, "Sign in"


TO SEND AN EMAIL:
  1. Click on the underlined word, "Compose."
  2. In the TO box, type in the name of the recipient. It should have this format: recipient's name@domain.com
    Make sure you enter the address correctly or the message will return to you.
  3. Type in the subject of the e-mail. This is usually just a few words.
  4. Write your message in the large box.
  5. Click on the box that says, "Send."


TO READ YOUR EMAIL MESSAGES:
  1. Click on the underlined words, "Check mail."
  2. Click on the underlined words under, "Subject."
  3. Scroll down the screen to read your email message.
  4. Choose to click on "Delete"(gets rid of message) or "Next"(reads the next email message) or "Inbox"(returns to the list of all messages)


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