If you wish to send a piece of email on to someone else, highlight the email and click on the Forward Message icon. Type in the address of the forwarding recipient. Using the Send and Receive button. To send email you have composed and stored in the Outbox or to receive any email that may be waiting for you, click on the Send and Receive icon. Composing and reading email offline.
Most people compose and read their email while they are online.
In fact, the default options for Outlook Express are set so that when you launch Outlook Express it downloads your email and when you compose an email and click on the send button, it is sent out immediately. You have to be online for these option settings to work correctly. If you receive a prompt to Log On to The River, cancel the connection screen and proceed into Outlook Express. Click on File, Work Offline. Outlook Express is now set to work offline.