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[. . . ] c o m Notes, Notices, and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. ____________________ Steps pertaining to Microsoft® Windows Vista® and Windows® XP refer to Windows Vista Ultimate and Windows XP Professional edition respectively in default view. NOTE: Steps may vary depending on the version of operating system installed on your computer. [. . . ] If you delete that cookie, you may have to enter your personal information again the next time you visit the site. Accessing the Internet 189 190 Accessing the Internet E-mail Setting up a new E-mail Account With an Internet connection and an e-mail service, you can exchange e-mail messages with family, friends, and co-workers over the Internet. The e-mail software from most service providers offers an Internet Connection Wizard to help you connect to the Internet and set up your email account. You need the following information from your Internet service provider (ISP) or local area network (LAN) administrator: · · Account name and password The names of your incoming and outgoing e-mail servers NOTE: Windows Mail and Outlook Express are the default e-mail applications for Windows Vista® and Windows® XP respectively. E-mail 191 FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about using e-mail, see "Getting started with e-mail" in Windows Help and Support: click Start or Help and Support. Windows Vista® To add (or remove) a Windows Mail account: 1 Click Start All Programs Windows Mail. 3 Click Add or Remove, choose the type of account you want to add or remove, click Next, and then follow the online instructions. Windows® XP To add (or remove) an e-mail account with Outlook Express: 1 Click Start All Programs Outlook Express. 4 Select Mail or to open the Internet Connection Wizard, and then follow the instructions to establish a connection with an e-mail or news server. Managing and Organizing E-mail Messages Many options are available for managing and organizing your e-mail messages. For instance, you can set up multiple e-mail folders, set up e-mail rules and filters, or delete unwanted e-mails. Windows Vista To add an e-mail folder: 1 Click Start All Programs Windows Mail. 3 Type the name of your folder in the Folder name box. 192 E-mail 4 In the Select the folder in which to create the new folder list, click the folder where you want to store your new folder. FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about deleting or switching folders, see "Add, delete, or rename e-mail folders" in Windows Help and Support: click Start or Help and Support. You can then select from a number of options, or "rules, " that govern how an e-mail is managed in the future when newly received e-mails have "conditions" that match the e-mail you used as a basis for the rule. EXAMPLE: You can use the Where the from line contains condition to set a rule so that all messages received from a specified entity (or having a specified word in the From field) are automatically sorted and filed in an e-mail folder that you specify. FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about changing an e-mail rule or applying a rule to downloaded e-mail messages, see "Organize e-mail using rules and folders" in Windows Help and Support: click Start or Help and Support. To delete an e-mail message: 1 Select the message you want to delete, and click Delete. 2 To select multiple messages, hold down the <Ctrl> key and click each message you want to delete. Then click Delete. E-mail 193 Windows XP To add an e-mail folder: 1 Click Start Programs Outlook Express. 3 In the Folder name text box, type the name and then select the location for the new folder. This creates a simple e-mail rule based on the name of the person on the From line; no other information from the message, however, is entered into the rule. 3 On the toolbar, click Delete. FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about Outlook Express, see the Outlook Express Help. Securing Your E-mail Several options are available for you to make sure that the e-mail messages you receive are secure: · Set an appropriate security level through your e-mail service (see "Increasing Security for Your Computer While Accessing the Internet" on page 178). Avoid opening e-mail attachments. E-mail · · · 194 FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about securing your e-mail messages, see the documentation from your e-mail service provider. Reducing Spam Set an appropriate security level in your e-mail software (Windows Mail for Windows Vista or Outlook Express for Windows XP) for sorting e-mail that you receive. Windows Vista 1 Click Start All Programs Windows Mail. 2 Click Tools Junk e-mail Options. 3 Select the protection level you want: · No Automatic Filtering. Click this option if you want to stop blocking junk e-mail messages altogether. However, Windows Mail continues to block messages from domain names and e-mail addresses on your Blocked Senders list. Click this option if you don't receive many junk e-mail messages and want to block only the most obvious junk e-mail messages. Click this option if you receive a large volume of junk e-mail messages and want to block as many as possible. However, you should periodically review the messages in your junk e-mail folder to ensure that there are not any legitimate e-mail messages that might have been moved there as well. Click this option if you only want to receive messages from people or domain names on your Safe Senders list. E-mail messages from people or domain names not on your Safe Senders list will be treated as junk e-mail messages, so you should only choose this option if you are certain that every person or domain name you want to receive messages from is on your Safe Senders list. · · · E-mail 195 FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about reducing spam in your email messages, see "Block spam and other unwanted e-mail" in or Help and Windows Help and Support: click Start Support. Windows XP 1 Click Start Programs Outlook Express. 2 Click Tools Options Security tab. [. . . ] Devices are plugged directly in to a 4-pin socket on your computer or in to a multi-port hub that plugs in to your computer. USB devices can be connected and disconnected while the computer is turned on, and they can also be daisy-chained together. UTP -- unshielded twisted pair -- Describes a type of cable used in most telephone networks and some computer networks. Pairs of unshielded wires are twisted to protect against electromagnetic interference, rather than relying on a metal sheath around each pair of wires to protect against interference. [. . . ]