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E – Mail

E – Mail . History of E-Mails What is an E-Mail? What happens when we sent an E-Mail? E-Mail messages E-Mail Folders E-Mail Address Attachments Types of E-Mails E-Mail Requirements Advantages and Disadvantages . History of E-mails. E-Mail is one of Internet’s communication methods

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E – Mail

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  1. E – Mail History of E-Mails What is an E-Mail? What happens when we sent an E-Mail? E-Mail messages E-Mail Folders E-Mail Address Attachments Types of E-Mails E-Mail Requirements Advantages and Disadvantages

  2. History of E-mails • E-Mail is one of Internet’s communication methods • According to Darwin Magazine, the first e-mail was sent in 1971 • Ray Tomlinson created the ability to send e-mails to anyone connected to the Internet by using the now common e-mail address with the “@‟ symbol.

  3. What is an E-Mail • E-Mail stands for Electronic Mail • This is a program used to send and receive text messages • The messages are sent over the Internet and received within a fraction of a second

  4. What happens? • When we send an email message the message does not simple go right to the recipient • The message has a path way to go through

  5. E-mail Message • An e-mail message is basically a text file • Thanks to technology we can now attach files and folders to our e-mails • e-mails save a lot of money spent on stamps and postage costs • e-mails also help the environment as less paper is used

  6. Email Folders • Inbox – this holds all the received messages from known contacts • Outbox – this holds all the messages that have been sent from your email • Spam – this holds all the messages that have been sent by unknown contacts • Trash – this holds all the messages that we have deleted • Flagged – this holds all the messages that have been marked as important

  7. E – Mail Addresses • Each e-mail address must be unique • An e-mail is made up of the; • The Username this is chosen by the user • The Domain part which is found after the ‘@’ symbol. This is the name of the host of the email service bertaborg@hotmail.com

  8. Attachments • An attachment is a function of adding a picture or other document to our emails • We could also send a number of files attached to one email • We attach multiple files by compressing them

  9. Types of E-Mails • There are two main types of e-Mail: • E-Mail services which are accessed by a standalone applications such as Outlook • Free e-Mail services which are accessed through a web-site. Such as Yahoo!, Google, and Hotmail.

  10. E-Mail Requirement • In order to send an e-mail an e-mail server is required • This e-mail server needs to have two services: • SMTP (simple mail transfer protocol) which is used to send e-mails. • POP3 (post office protocol 3) is used to receive e-mails.

  11. Advantages of E-mails • Speed • Asynchronous: communication does not occur at the same time. One can reply/read emails at his/her convenience unlike real-time chatting • Cheap: many companies such as Yahoo!, GMail, Hotmail offer free e-mail services. • The same message can be sent to a large group of recipients. • Environmental Friendly

  12. Disadvantages of E-mails • Not everyone has an e-mail address whereas by using normal post, everyone can be reached • Privacy: threat to privacy and security, if the password is known there will be total access to the e-mails and account data • SPAM: this is very common and very difficult to get rid of • Only Virtual Messages: no tangible products can be sent.

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