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ORGANIZING YOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES

Having trouble locating the slip of paper containing the email address your uncle gave you at your recent family reunion? What about that potential customer you needed to send a quotation to? Is your current list of addresses so long it seems you can never seem to find who you are looking for? Keeping all of your email addresses organized and easy to find can be a challenge. Below are some tips to help you keep this information right at your fingertips.

Step 1: Create folders for your email addresses

Almost all email programs contain an Address Book feature. This feature allows you to create folders (called "address books" or just "books" in some programs) for organizing your email addresses. You can create different folders for each family member that uses your mailbox. Or you could create folders for different categories of contacts like family, business associates, your bowling team--the choice is yours.

Step 2: Put your email addresses into folders

Once you have all your folders created (and even if you don't, you can always add more later) you will want to enter your addresses into the appropriate folder. To do this, you simply highlight the folder, then add new contacts (sometimes called "nicknames" or "cards" in some programs). Here you can include information such as name, address, phone numbers, etc. for each contact.

If you already have all your names in one folder and want to move them to your new folders, simply highlight the name and click and drag it to the new folder. This will move the name from the main folder into the new one, eliminating the need to re-enter all the contact information.

Step 3: Set up an address group

If you have a set addresses you want to send the same email to periodically, you can create a mail group (or mail list in some programs). Give the group a name then select the members you want to add to the group. You can select addresses from different folders and add new addresses that are not in any existing folder to the group.

Now that you're organized, happy emailing!