The following checklist is independent of any particular email software. The concepts are the same but the way that each is achieved will vary. Some features may not be available for some mail packages and any given package will have its own special features. Eudora, Hotmail and browser-based email programs are the most commonly used. Many of these skills can be learned online at sites referred to in the Electronic mail page.

Remember that on screen help is available and that one of the most valuable resources is other people who use the same software!

Basic skills - I can:

• Read my new mail that has been sent to me
• Reply to a message I have received (without re keying the sender's address
• Reply to a message without including the original message
• Delete a message once I have read it
• Keep a message I have read, so I can read it again later
• File my mail in folders
• Send the same message to two people
• Keep copies of messages I have sent
• Forward a message to another person and add my own remarks
• Add entries to an address book
• Use an address book
• Check back through old mail
• Print a message

More Advanced Skills - I can:

• Set up a distribution list so that I can email groups of people (Eudora - set up in Nicknames)
• Send a message prepared on a word processor to someone
• Send a message to someone and a courtesy copy (cc) of it to someone else
• Send a file (document) to someone - referred to as attachments by most mail programs
• View a file that someone has emailed me
• Set up a personal signature
• Set up my mail to automatically add my signature
• Turn my signature off
• Sort my mail (by date, sender, subject etc)
• Filter incoming mail (not available in early versions of Eudora Light)
• Join a State, National or Global discussion list
• Back up my mail onto a floppy disk