Organizing Incoming E-Mails
Most of us receive many emails each day and it can be quite a chore to sort through them if you have not organized your folders in your “inbox.” Organizing the folders and making “rules” to direct the incoming emails into the folders will solve many of your problems and save you a great deal of time.
The “inbox” in Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express or Windows Mail has the capability of holding many folders that will help you organize incoming and outgoing mail. You can also add folders to Web Mail in a similar manner.
Adding folders is a simple task and can be done as follows in Microsoft Outlook:
• Click on the down arrow next to NEW and select FOLDER in Outlook or FILE, NEW, FOLDER in Windows Mail.
• Make sure that you click on the INBOX to highlight it and then type the name of the new folder in the supplied box . For my purposes I would name one of my folders “QUESTIONS” and then I would make a RULE so that every email that is sent to me through the QUESTION LINK on my website ASK COMPUTER TUTOR will arrive in my QUESTION FOLDER. Right away the folder will be highlighted and I will know that a question from an anxious computer user is waiting for a reply.
To make sure that your selected emails arrive in the correct folders you will need to make RULES.
• Click on TOOLS.
• Click on RULES and ALERTS in Outlook or MESSAGE RULES in Windows Mail.
• Select NEW RULE
• Then select the options that you require when your message arrives.
• Type the name of the folder you have made to receive the email message.
• Choose more options if required, then click OK.
You can make as many folders as you need for friends, family, business associates, clubs, committees making the emails easy to locate as soon as they arrive.
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Computer Smart Seniors
It never ceases to amaze me when younger people look at me with surprise when I tell them that I am a Computer Tutor, Technician and Webmaster. They seem to think that because I am a senior and female I could not possibly be part of the “technology age.”
Certainly there were no computers available to me when I was growing up but when they became available I was eager to explore all the possibilities. I then found out that other seniors were starting to use computers but they were not as “technical” or “mechanical” as I and needed help to get started.
Unfortunately their children or grandchildren did not have the time or patience to help them along so they struggled along getting more frustrated every day or giving up altogether. The youth of today does not realize that the computer is a “window to the world” for their parents and grandparents and especially for those who are housebound. If only they realized what a special gift they would be giving if they took the time to show them a few simple tasks like sending emails, receiving and storing pictures, surfing the internet and being able to order their flight tickets online, to name just a few.
Seniors are gathering together in weekly or monthly computer clubs to share experiences and socialize with others who share a common interest. What a great life seniors who use computers, have to look forward to.
Teaching seniors is the most rewarding moment of my day and seniors are learning fast because they are eager to keep in touch with their friends and family through email, video internet phone and instant messaging. Seniors have a new lease on life when they look forward to opening their email each day and I have noticed a great improvement in their memory as well.
Instead of the grandchildren saying “why don’t you know how to do that?” they will be saying “Hey Grandpa, where did you learn to do that?”
