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What's New?

New features and new aspects of current features

Upgrading Overview

Benefits from upgrading to the latest version

Emailing: The Basics

Getting started, mail functions—compose, send, view, receive, reply, forward, delete, recover, attach—and announcing your address or vacation

Organizing and Accessing Email

Organizing and making mail more efficient with special techniques for searching, reading, checking other email accounts, sending from other email accounts, working with contacts in an address book, and using system folders (inbox, sent, draft, and trash), personal folders, and filters

Special Features

Disposable addresses, access to other mail with the POP and IMAP protocols, forwarding, and special functions for attachments and filters

Settings

Changing settings for computer and browser, customizing appearance and functions, and controlling use by children

Tools

Tips about storage, alerts, reminders, the status message, and extra addresses

Video Tutorials

Instructional walk-throughs of major functions and features

Account and Password

Changing personal information, signing in and out, and working with your account information

Spam, Viruses, and Other Abuse

Spam, virus protection, phishing, and blocking addresses and domains

Applications

Special apps from within Mail

IM and Text Messaging

Instant messaging (aka chat), text messaging (where available), settings, top contacts, and chat with Facebook friends

Updates

Sharing your status with contacts and friends

Accessibility

Accessibility features and basic operations—including message lists and folders—and known issues

Context Help

Help for help links in Mail and Mail Options

Problems and Error Messages

Exploring and solving email problems, general error messages, and errors when upgrading

Mail migration issues

Using a newer version of a browser for the latest version of Mail