Electronic Mail

Electronic Mail

E-mail is the most common Internet activity.
It allow you to send messages to anyone in the world who has an e-mail account.
An e-mail program is usually required to send and receive messages
Two widely used e-mail are Microsoft's Outlook Express and Netscape's Communicator.

Header - appears first in an e-mail message and contains the following information:
- Address - the address of the person (or persons) that is to receive the e-mail.
- Subject - a one-line description of the message that is displayed when a person checks his/her mail.
- Attachment - files that can be sent with the e-mail message.
Message - the text of the e-mail communication.
Signature - information about the sender such as name, address, and phone number.

E-Mail Addresses

E-mail addresses are divided into three parts:

User name - identifies a unique person or computer at the listed domain name.
Domain name - refer to a particular organization.
Domain code - identifies the geographical or organizational area.

Examples:

E-mail boxes can be accessed in two ways - using a Web Browser or using an E-mail Client.

Web Browsers such as Internet Explorer and Netscape Communicator allow you to access Internet mail by going to the web address of the e-mail host. For example, to access your yahoo mailbox you can start the web browser and then navigate to http://yahoo.com.
Email-Clients such as Microsoft Outlook allow you to download e-mail messages from e-mail hosts for offline editing. This is specially useful when don't want to tie up your phone line when reading, composing, and responding to email messages. This is accomplished by:
1. Connecting to the Internet
2. Downloading messages from your mailbox.
3. Disconnecting from the Internet (making your phone available)
4. Reading, composing, and responding to messages offline.
5. Connecting to the Internet.
6. Sending messages that you composed offline.
Example use Microsoft Outlook to:
- send, read, and reply to a message.
- Create address cards for few students.
- Create a mailing list for few students