Chapter Six: Electronic Mail

Table
of
Contents:

Course Syllabus
Course Assignments and Due Dates
Tips and Tricks
Part One: Understanding The Internet

Chapter One: Definitions
Chapter Two: How the Internet is Changing the World

Part Two: Getting On The Internet

Chapter Three: Getting Connected
Chapter Four: Surfing the Net

Part Three: Communicating Over The Internet

Chapter Five: Internet Etiquette (Netiquette)
Chapter Six: Electronic Mail
Chapter Seven: Listserv
Chapter Eight: Usenet Newsgroups
Chapter Nine: Communicating in Real Time
Chapter Ten: Telnet

Part Four: Finding Things On The Internet

Chapter Eleven: Searching for Information
Chapter Twelve: Commonly Found Internet File Types
Chapter Thirteen: Downloading From the Internet
Chapter Fourteen: Bibliographic Style for Citing Internet Resources

Part Five: Creating Web Pages

Chapter Fifteen: Web Page Creation Strategies
Chapter Sixteen: Web Page Design
Chapter Seventeen: How HTML Works
Chapter Eighteen: Creating Your Web Page Resume
Chapter Nineteen: Putting Images on Web Pages
Chapter Twenty: Using Tables for Advanced Web Page Layout
Chapter Twenty-one: Making a Local Web and a Home Page
Chapter Twenty-two: Publishing Files on the World Wide Web

Part Six: Using Multimedia On The Internet

Chapter Twenty-three: How Web Browsers Do Multimedia
Chapter Twenty-four: Waveform Audio Recording

Part Seven: Planning For The Future Of The Internet

Chapter Twenty-five: Societal Issues
Chapter Twenty-six: Emerging Technology
Chapter Twenty-seven: How to Keep Up

Send E-Mail to Instructor
Internet Resources Home Page
After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

Understand what an e-mail account is and know how to get one set up for your.

Select an e-mail client for use in sending, receiving, and filing e-mail messages.

Configure your e-mail client so you can begin using e-mail.

Send, receive, answer, forward, and file e-mail messages.

Create a signature file that will identify who you are at the end of your e-mail messages.

Know how to attach files to your e-mail messages.

Use an address book to keep track of the e-mail messages of people to whom you send mail.

Create a mailing list that enables you to send a message to several people at once.

Search your stored mail messages to find things you've filed for future reference.

Deal with unwanted mail and detect fake mail IDs.

Encrypt your mail so only the person receiving it can read it.

E-mail (Electronic Mail)

What is it?
Electronic mail provides a rapid and inexpensive way to send and receive messages from other Internet users. It permits communication with people from all over the world and with those who use other systems--such as America Online, Compuserve, Prodigy, etc. E-mail can be a personal or business message or it can include attachments such as text, image or sound files.

How inexpensive is "inexpensive"?. Local Internet Service Providers or ISPs charge anywhere from $17.95 to $19.95 per month for unlimited access. Most include an e-mail account as well as server space to store your web pages as part of the services they offer. This means that for the cost of a local phone call, you can use e-mail to communicate with Internet users anywhere in the world.

And, you don't have to play phone tag because when a message is sent out on the Internet, it is transported to the recipient's email box, where it waits to be read.

Speed of delivery is another plus. Instead of taking a few days, your email generally moves from your computer to the recipient's in a matter of minutes or hours. And, like regular mail (called "snail mail") email can transport articles, documents from your word processor, reports, images, sounds, and more.

Email addresses are made up of two parts:

the username that comes
before the @
servername.domain
In other words, JohnQPublic@anysite.com
Example: Jennifer_Lagier@monterey.edu
Online Resources:

Comparing Two Approaches to Remote Mailbox Access
Voting Records of Members of Congress
Congressional Email Directory
EFF's (Extended) Guide to the Internet - Electronic Mail

Assignment to turn in for credit:
Send email to another student in this class, asking that person to reply to your message. How much of a delay was there between the time you sent the message and the time you received a reply? Was this information listed anywhere in the message? If so, where did it appear?
Create a signature file for your email. Send me an email containing your signature file.
Submit your answers

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