Assignments Section Two

Email Texts and Guides

• PID, IP, E-Mail, and Host Names
  • What is a PID?
  • What is your server's host name?
• Email: The Advantages
  • What are two distinct advantages email has over regular mail?
  • What are advantages of email versus the phone?
• Mail On Line Help Handbooks
  • Where is your mail programs "Help" guide located?
  • How do you create a PAB (Personal Address Book) for your mail program?
  • How do you attach and send a binary file/attachment (text document, graphic, spread sheet) to your email?
  • Send the instructor an email - include an attachment (an image or your homework done on a word processor such as Word or Works, for instance.) It must be smaller than 50k.

Expressions

• Shui Long's Acryonyms Dictionary
  
  • What does ASAP mean?
  • What does LOL mean?
  • What does TTFN mean?
  • Do you have an acronym you would like to add? Send it to the instructor!
• Internet Smileys
  • What does :-) mean?
  • What does ;-) mean?
  • Extra credit:
    • What does %-) stand for?

Advanced

• Spam, Sorting and Email Filters
  • What is Spam?
  • What is an email filter?
  • How do you sort your email?
• Mail Preferences
  • Why is it good to have a Web email address, even though you have one provided to you by your server?
  • Why is it a good idea to consider accepting text-only email with attachments as a file?

email your answers to: The Facilitator
ecpatt@ptialaska.net