Outlook Express provides two ways of writing messages and sending them later. You can either save an unfinished message as a draft so that you can edit it later before sending it, or you can compose complete messages while off-line (while not connected to the Internet) and have Outlook Express send them the next time you connect to the Internet.

To save an unfinished message as a draft

1. Compose a message as you normally would, but don't click Send.
2. Click the File menu, then click Save.
3. Click the File menu again, then click Close. Your saved file can be found in the Drafts folder.

To open and send a message saved as a draft

1. Single-click the Drafts folder in the folder list.
2. Double-click the message as listed in the message list pane.
3. Finish writing the message, then click Send. (You can also save it again.)

To compose messages while off-line

1. Click the File menu, then click Work Offline.
2. If your computer is connected to the Internet, disconnect using your dialer software. (Refer to your Getting Started with the Sympatico Software user guide.)
3. Compose a message as described above, but don't click Send.
4. Click the File menu, then click Send Later. (Just click Send with Macintosh.)

To send message(s) composed while off-line

1. Connect to the Internet, then start Outlook Express.
2. Click the File menu and click to de-select Work Offline.
3. Click the Send and Receive button on the toolbar to send your message(s) and to check for new messages.