For the lucky winner, here's a checklist of things to do: Protect your ticket. Sign your winning ticket, make copies of it and stash the original in a safe-deposit box. If you are separated from the ticket, your signature should ensure you wonât be separated from the prize. The safe-deposit box will help ensure youâre not separated from it. Get help before you claim the prize. Youâll have three months (in most states) to come forward with your winning ticket. You likely wonât be able to keep your secret under your hat for that long, but before identifying yourself, assemble a team consisting of a financial planner, an accountant and a lawyer, with the lawyer being your first call.
Tell the postal clerk you wish to open a post office account and post office box. You will be given a paper form to fill in. This form is only available from your clerk. Give the postal clerk the completed form and your proof of identification and residency.The postal clerk will open your post office account.ou can access the box with a key when the post office lobby is open. A post office account is given on a first-come, first-served basis. You can renew the account every six months or annually with a new fee.
The first thing that you have to do is enable IMAP on your Gmail account. To do so, launch Internet Explorer and sign in to your Gmail account as you normally would. Once you do, click the Settings link at the very top of the Gmail main page.When you get to the Settings page, select the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.Then, select the Enable IMAP option button, as shown in Figure A, and click the Save Changes button. To configure Windows Mail to access Gmail, you'll launch Windows Mail from the Start | All Programs menu.rom Gmail's Settings page, you must enable IMAP. The second thing that you should do is perform some housekeeping in your Gmail account. You should clear out the Spam and Junk E-mail folders. You'll then want to empty the Trash.