Email Basics
Contents
What is email?
What you need
Choosing an email provider
Setting up your email account
Role of Password
The parts of an email
E-mail Protocols
Sending an email
Receiving an email
Netiquette
What is email?
Short for electronic mail
Send & receive messages over the internet
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What you need
A computer with internet access.
An email account with a service provider such as Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail, etc.
Microsoft Outlook and Apple Mail, are NOT email providers (which is why
you can’t email from library computers without an account).
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Choosing an email provider
Most common are Hotmail (Microsoft), Gmail (Google), Yahoo Mail
(Yahoo!).
For this class, we’ll be using Yahoo.
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Setting up your email account
Parts of an email address: singhania@[Link]
◦ user name : singhania (you create your own) (each is unique)
◦ @ symbol : unique to email addresses (Shift key + 2)
◦ email provider’s name: bombay-hb (yours will be yahoo)
◦ domain : .org (yours will be .com)
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Password
Something easy to remember, but difficult to guess.
◦ Do NOT use sensitive information, such as SSN, bank PIN, etc.
Usually a combination of letters and numbers is best.
Verification questions in case you forget your password.
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The parts of an email
To : enter the exact email address of your recipient (remember:
name@[Link]).
◦ For multiple recipients, separate each address with a comma
CC : carbon copy
BCC : BLIND carbon copy – is anonymous.
Subject : the topic of your email – very important.
Body : the message of your email.
Attachments : the paperclip symbol - files or photos.
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E-mail Protocols
POP Client – Post Office Protocol
◦ Lets you work without being connected to mail server.
◦ Upload to send mail - Download to read mail.
◦ Allows almost any e-mail program to access e-mail from server.
IMAP – Internet Message Access Protocol
◦ Permits a "client" email program to access remote message stores as if
they were local.
◦ Enables user to access messages from more than one computer.
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Sending an email
Communication can be tough with written correspondence. No body.
language or facial cues to help.
Err on the side of too formal
◦ Punctuation & spelling
◦ Greeting & closing signature
ATTACH a file from a flash drive.
Click on SEND to mail your letter.
Message will now appear in your SENT folder.
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Sending an email
Once an email is sent, you cannot stop it or take it back
Spell-check & proofread!
Check your SENT box now.
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Receiving email
If you have any messages you should see them listed on the screen or in your Inbox
At the top of each message is a header with information about the sender, date, and
routing of each message.
From: singhania@[Link].
To: you@[Link] .
Subject: Email Basics class.
Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 8:31 PST.
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Netiquette
Common abbreviations
Emoticons aka smilies
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Privacy and viruses
Privacy: CC vs. BCC
Viruses: Never open attachments from unknown senders.
Safety: Never send personal financial information via email, even if it looks
like a legitimate request from your bank or financial institution.
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Important – Sign Out!
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