FAQs, Help, and Tutorials

How Stuff Works: E-mail :

  - Thorough description of how the Internet's e-mail system works, including SMTP and POP3.
A Beginner's Guide to Effective E-mail :

- Write e-mail messages that will get noticed, read, properly understood, and responded to.
Composing E-mail Messages :

- Explains the steps taken in composing, replying to, and sending messages.
Dan's Mail Format Site :

- Includes guidelines on quoting and attachments, information about headers, and mail client configuration.
E-mail Replies :

- Tips on implementing mail policies, etiquette, rules and management software to improve the effectiveness of business communications.
E-mail Resources :

- Tips and tricks, beginner's articles, software downloads, spam management, and general help. From About.com
eMailman :

- Coverage of all issues related to the usage of e-mail.
Flash Your E-mail :

- Spice-up your messages with a Flash signature file.
How to Cope with too Much E-mail :

- Learn the cause of this problem and some possible solutions.
Learn the Net: Harnessing E-mail :

- Explains the features and usage of e-mail step by step. From About.com: Internet for Beginners.
Managing Incoming Email: What Every User Needs to Know :

- Report explaining how users can cope with increasing amounts of e-mail. [PDF]
Managing the E-mail Explosion :

- PC Magazine article, provides a list of tips and tricks for managing today's seemingly endless flow of e-mail.
The Mutt E-Mail Client :

- Documentation for this text-based mail client for Unix operating systems.
Pine Information Center :

- Official web page for this Unix based mail program by Computing and Communications at the University of Washington.