## Sending and receiving messages using Email Archive

The Email Archive gives your course site or project site its own email address that participants can use for communicating with each other. When you first access the site, if you do not see the tool `Email Archive` on the menubar, you will need to add it. For instructions, see Adding Email Archive to your site.

### Sending messages

You can send messages to your site's participants from your email account with your preferred email client (e.g., Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, Mac OS X Mail, or Thunderbird). All messages will be stored in the Email Archive and visible to all participants. To view your site's email address, in the menubar, click `Email Archive`. For more information, see Sending mail to site participants via Email Archive.

Note: Messages sent to the site's email address will go to all participants (i.e., you can't send email to individual participants using Email Archive). To send messages to individuals, use the Message Center tool; see the "Sending a private message" section in Posting and responding to Discussion Forum messages.

### Receiving messages

Messages are sent to the email address in your profile. You do not need to log into the application to read your mail. However, if you do not wish to receive mail from the site, or if you'd rather receive mail in a daily digest format, you can change your notification preferences from your My Workspace. For instructions, see Changing notification preferences.