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ICQ offers you a free Web-based email account. All you have to do is:
• Sign up for a free ICQmail account
• Check your ICQmail account
• Receive ICQmail to your ICQ Contact List
• Send ICQmail
• Configure your ICQmail preferences
Signing Up for an ICQmail Account
You may sign up for one or more ICQmail accounts.
You may do so from the ICQ program, or from the ICQmail Web site.
To sign up for an ICQmail account:
- Click the Services button.
- Select ICQMail on the menu that appears.
- Select Register New Account. You will be led to the registration Web page.
- Follow the step-by-step instructions.
Once you have completed the registration process, you will receive a welcome mail.
If you are online, a flashing ICQmail
 icon will appear on your Contact List.
- Double-click the flashing ICQmail icon.
An Incoming ICQmail dialog appears with the various ICQmail options.
You will now be able to access your ICQmail account directly from the Web site
or from the ICQmail button in your ICQ program.
Mail from non-ICQ users will appear in your inbox on the Web. You will receive a flashing ICQmail
icon next to the name of ICQ users or non-ICQ users if you have configured their account settings in
the Accounts tab of your Preferences.
Checking Your ICQmail Account
- Click the Services button.
- Select ICQMail on the menu that appears.
- Select the account you wish to check.
- Choose the account that you want to check (you may have more than one account).
Alternatively, click the flashing ICQmail icon on your Contact List or next to the sender's name
if you have received a new email.
- Select Read Mail (inbox). You are led to the ICQmail Web site.
If you choose to access the account directly from the Web site,
enter your e-mail address and ICQ password in the appropriate fields and then click the Login button.
You may choose from the following options:
- Click the Select All button if you want to move all e-mails to the Trash,
Sent or any other folder you may have created.
- Click the Unselect All button if you do not want to move all e-mails to the
Trash or to the Send folder.
- Place a check mark in the box next to the e-mail that you want to choose.
- Click the Move To button and select the location to which you want to
move the selected e-mails from the drop down menu.
- Select the subject that you wish to read.
In the Message window, choose from the following options:
- Click the Reply button to reply to the sender.
- Click the Reply All button to reply to all senders.
- Click the Forward button to forward the e-mail to another address.
- Click the Move To button and choose the location to which you want to move
the selected e-mails from the drop down menu.
Receiving ICQmail to your Contact List
Note: You will receive a flashing ICQmail
icon next to the name of ICQ users or non-ICQ users if you have configured their
account settings in the Email Alerts of your Preferences.
- Double-click the flashing ICQmail
icon next to the sender's name. An Incoming ICQmail dialog appears.
- Choose from the following options:
- Click the pull-down menu and select a name on the Contact List to whom you want
to assign the incoming account.
Click the Assign button. The next time you receive an e-mail from that contact,
the flashing icon will appear next to the contact's name on your Contact List.
Note: This option will be available if the sender is an ICQ user who appears on your Contact List.
- Click Invite user to join ICQ to send an invitation to the user to join ICQ.
- Click the Publish Email button to publish the email account in the ICQ directories.
- Check the Add This Account to Email Check button to activate the email check whenever you receive an email from this particular user.
- Click the Read This mail button to read the whole contents of the email.
Sending ICQmail
- Click the Services button.
- Select ICQMail on the menu that appears.
- Select the mail account from which you want to send the e-mail. You will be led to your account on the Web site.
- Select Write Email.
- Fill in the information in the appropriate fields.
- Type in the e-mail in the large blank field.
- Click the Attachments button if you wish to send an attachment with your e-mail.
- Click the Addresses button if you wish to open up your address book and select the address of the recipient from the list.
When you click a specific recipient, his or her address will automatically appear in the To field of your e-mail.
- Click the Spell Check button to enable the spelling option to check your document.
- Click the SEND! button to send your e-mail, or click the Cancel button to reset the form.
Configuring your ICQmail preferences
- Click the Services button.
- Select ICQmail from the menu that appears.
- Select the mail account you wish to configure.
- Select Email Preferences.
- Choose the account that you wish to reconfigure. You will be led to the ICQmail Web site.
- Some of options are listed below:
- Click the Forward option to configure your e-mail to forward incoming mail to another account.
- Click the Vacation option to configure your e-mail to automatically answer incoming mail
with a standard message. This may be useful when you are away and want to inform others about it.
- Click the External Mail option to configure your e-mail to consolidate your ICQ e-mail
with the other e-mails accounts. All e-mails will then be received in the ICQ e-mail account.
- Click the Settings option to configure settings for the appearance and operation of your e-mail account.
- Click the Personalities & Signatures option to create different signatures for different people, or change the e-mail address as viewed by other people.
- Click the Colors option to customize the mail's appearance.
To access your incoming ICQmail alert preferences:
- Click the My ICQ button and select Preferences.
- Select Email Preferences.
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