Mail is designed to be easy to use, work with
mutliple email accounts, and offer a real-time mail experience. Mail
emphasizes the display of content and assumes that the user won’t do a
lot of filtering or organizing into nested levels of folders. Mail isn’t
Eudora or Outlook, but what it lacks in power it makes up for in ease
of use.
Mail was designed to look good in a snap
position. You can share content with Mail using the Share charm and
print a message in Mail using Print in the Devices charm. The Mail tile
rotates through the five most recent unseen messages.
To start working with Mail, you need to add an
account; the procedure is identical to the one for adding an account to
the People app
Mail supports Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) and IMAP, and it should support
POP3 in upcoming versions. Once you add the account, Mail populates
itself with all the content it finds on your Mail server.
Mail
If you add two or more
accounts, they are listed individually; select an account to see its
emails. Email appears as it arrives, but you can set an interval that
you wish to wait. When an email shows up, Mail posts a notification box.
The Messaging app provides real-time instant
messaging to social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and others. You
use the People app to add the accounts and people you want message
with. When you want to invite a friend to message, the Invite button on
the left of the Apps bar takes you to Windows Live, where you can
connect to them at the various services .
To invite someone to an instant message, open Windows Live and connect to them there.
To view your new emails
1. Tap or click the Mail tile on the Start screen.
The Mail tile
2. Add an email account or accounts . Mail populates itself with messages it finds on your sever.
3. Click the folder that contains the messages you wish to see (your Inbox usually).
To create a new email
1. Tap or click the New Message button .
2. Fill in the fields; right-click the message to view the format buttons .
A message screen and its Apps bar
If you have a tablet or phone, you’ll see the onscreen keyboard appear.
3. Attach any pictures using the Attachments link and the Picture picker that appears.
4. Click the Send button in the upper-right corner to send the message.
5. You can tap or click the Cancel button to either discard your email or save a draft.
Tip
If you are using Mail on a phone or tablet,
use Windows 8’s metered Internet account function to minimize your
downloads. Only portions of the message are downloaded—mainly the header
information. You can download the bulk of a message’s content when you
are connected to your LAN.
Tip
Mail makes good use of the secondary tiles
feature. You can not only use the Pin To Start button to show tiles of
individual accounts, but you can also place secondary tiles on the Lock
screen.
