Trade Mail is an internal e-mail system designed by TradeAway to help keep your e-mail address private. Trade Mail is also used to communicate with other users while working out the details of sales and trades.

Trade Mail comes in handy if you are traveling and have access to the Internet, but not your e-mail program. Simply go to Trade Mail and correspond without missing a beat!

There are 3 ways to access Trade Mail:

1. From any item's listing page (the page that shows an item's picture, description, etc.) Click the username.

2. If you receive a Trade Mail, TradeAway will notify you via e-mail with a link to your Trade Mailbox.

3. From the top menu "Trade Mail"

Open your Trade Mailbox by using any of the steps listed above. Enter your password (if you haven't already done so previously in your visit to TradeAway).

Click the "Send a New Message" button at the top of the page. This will open a blank Trade Mail sheet for you to type your message.

Enter the username of the person you wish to Trade Mail. Remember that usernames are case sensitive, so be sure to capitalize the necessary characters.

Type in a brief subject of your Trade Mail, and in the space provided below that, type your message.

Press "Send." Your Trade Mail is sent immediately, and the recipient will be notified that they've got Trade Mail.

If you have new messages, TradeAway will notify you via e-mail. Click on the link in your e-mail to go to your Trade Mailbox.

Once you have entered your username and password (if you haven't already done so previously in your visit to TradeAway), your mailbox will appear and your unread messages will have a "New" icon beside them. Click on the subject line of the message to read it.

Simply press "Reply" and then type your reply above the message you just read. Press "Send" when you are finished.

Press "Delete." The message will be deleted immediately. Once you delete a Trade Mail, there is no way to retrieve it. Be sure to print out any correspondence you wish to keep before deleting!