Change the Share Name if you don’t like the name that Windows proposes.

Sending and receiving e-mail Sending an e-mail message to another network user means doing several electronic chores. These used to be simple, but they’re a bit more complex nowadays: ⻬ Activate the e-mail program. Normally, this entails double-clicking the program’s icon. If the program asks you for a password, you’ll have to type one in before the program can do its thing. If you have no pass- word, check with your network administrator to get one. ⻬ Compose the message. You can, of course, work it up beforehand in a text editor such as Notepad, but today’s typical e-mail program pro- vides you with a nice blank New Message screen for the purpose. ⻬ Type an address for the message to go to. This is usually the network user ID of the user to whom you want the message sent. Most e-mail pro- grams also require that you create a short comment subject line that identifies what the message is about. ⻬ Send the message when it’s ready to go. Normally, there’s a handy, obvious Send button just waiting for you to click it. When you receive a message from another user, the e-mail program copies the message to your computer and then displays it on-screen so you can read it. You can then delete the message, print it, save it to a disk file, or forward it to another user. You can also reply to the message by composing a new mes- sage to be sent back to the user who sent the original message. Here are some additional thoughts about sending and receiving e-mail: ⻬ When someone sends a message to you, most e-mail programs immedi- ately display a message on your computer screen or make a sound to tell you to check your e-mail. If your computer isn’t on the network or your e-mail program isn’t running when the message is sent, then you’re notified the next time that you log on to the network or start your e-mail program. ⻬ E-mail programs can be set up to check for new e-mail automatically — when you log on to the network, and periodically throughout the day say, every 10 or 15 minutes. ⻬ You can easily attach files to your messages. You can use this feature to send a word-processing document, a spreadsheet, or a program file to another network user. For details, see “Dealing with attachments,” later in this chapter. Be careful about attachments other people send to you. E-mail attach- ments are how computer viruses are spread. So don’t open an attach- ment you weren’t expecting or from someone you don’t know. 52 Part I: Getting Started with Networking