Article URL: http://www.bc.edu/helpdocs/EM-useappmail001.shtml

Summary:  Learn how to use Apple Mail to read your email, create a signature for your outgoing emails, create and use the address book, and access Apple Mail online help for more information.

Learn how to use Apple Mail to:

• Read your email
• Create a signature for your outgoing emails
• Create and use address books
• Access Apple Mail online help for more information

Reading your email

To read your Apple Mail email:

1. Open Apple Mail.
2. When Apple Mail prompts you to log on, enter your Boston College username and password, then click OK.
   Apple Mail opens your email account, displaying the contents of your Inbox.
3. Click any message to read it.
   Apple Mail automatically updates your Inbox when new messages arrive for you.

Creating a signature for your outgoing emails

To create a signature for your outgoing emails:

1. From the Mail menu, select Preferences.
   The Preferences window appears.
2. Click Signatures (refer to Figure 1).
   
   Figure 1: Signatures button.
   
3. Click Add Signature.
4. Do the following (refer to Figure 2):
   
   • In the Description box, enter a name for the signature.
   • Enter your signature in the text area, then click OK.
   
   Figure 2: Adding your signature.
   The new signature you created is listed on the Signature window.
5. On the Signature window, click Show signature menu on compose window (refer to Figure 3).
   
   Figure 3: Click Show signature menu on compose window.
6. When composing an email, from the Signature drop-down menu, you can select a signature to insert into your email (refer to Figure 4).
   
   Figure 4: Select a signature from the Signature drop-down menu.

Accessing Apple Mail online help for more information

Apple Mail provides extensive online help. For additional information about Apple Mail, on the Help menu, select Mail Help.