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Quick Studies September 2001 • Vol.12 Issue 9 |
 AOL’s Address Book & Addressing E-mail Over The Web | ||
AOL Anywhere lets customers of the online service send and receive AOL mail from any Internet-connected Web browser. Start by pointing that browser to http://www.aol.com. The AOL Anywhere screen appears with a smattering of those familiar AOL icons and an area for signing into your AOL account. Type your ScreenName and Password in the appropriate fields, then press ENTER or click the Go button. A similar screen reappears, replacing the sign in area with a welcome message. Click the Check Your Mail! hyperlink. The main mail screen displays the current contents of your AOL Mail New Mail folder. This is where messages that you have not yet read wait patiently for you to sign on. Click on any subject line link to read the accompanying message. If you want to keep a message from leaving the New Mail folder even if you've read it, click the checkbox on the left side of the message line and then click the Keep As New button below. To delete one or more messages, click the appropriate checkboxes and then the Delete button.  Composing Not only can you check your AOL e-mail through the Web, you can also send messages from your address just as if you had signed on using your AOL software. Begin by clicking the Write button on the upper-right side of the main AOLMail folders screen. A new window appears with Send To, Copy To, and Subject fields similar to those in the standard AOL interface. If you know the recipient's e-mail address by heart, just type it into the Send To box. Type a subject line in the Subject field, then begin composing your message in the large box. Click Send Now when you're finished.
Assuming you can see your Address Book entries, select recipients for your new message by putting check marks in the boxes next to their names and clicking the Send Mail button. The To and Cc boxes work the same here as they do elsewhere: AOL Mail will send a copy of the message to these addresses, and other recipients will be able to see who else received the message. The Bcc box sends your message to that person, but doesn't reveal his or her name or address to other recipients. Making Entries To add names to your Address Book through the Web, go back to the main message window and click the Address Book icon. Along with the list of names available in the simple Send To: list, you'll find some extra buttons for managing Address Book entries. To type in a new name, click Add Contact. Fill out the information in the box that appears and click Save. The new contact now shows up on your Address Book list. To delete a contact, click the check box next to the name and then click the Delete button. Like the standard interface, AOL Mail on the Web also lets you include attachments with outgoing messages. Look for the Browse button on the Write screen; you can click it and then navigate to the folder on your computer containing the file you want to attach. Finally, note the checkbox at the bottom of the screen that lets you request a return receipt for mail sent to other AOL users. Just as in AOL itself, you'll be able to tell when the people you send messages to actually read them. After taking a short tour through all of the AOL Anywhere e-mail features, you should start to feel right at home. When you can't be near your AOL-enabled computer, bring a little AOL to you through the Web.  by Alan Phelps |
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