EMAIL

1. EMAIL Computer Tech

2. What is Email? • Communication electronically from one computer to another

3. ISP • ISP stands for Internet Service Provider • Examples of an ISP are: AOL, MSN

4. Three Parts of an Email • Username • ISP • Domain username.@isp.domain

5. Organizational Domains • com commercial • edu educational • gov government • int international • mil military • net network • org organization (non profit)

6. Six ways of handling email messages. • Read it. • Delete it. • Move or save it. • Print it. • Forward it. • Reply to it.

7. Three Advantages of Email • Faster to send and receive responses. • Saves time and money. Time zones, holidays, weekends are no problem. • More convenient. No more phone tag.

8. Three Disadvantages of Email • Not private. Can be subpoenaed. Not really deleted. • Can’t be retracted once sent. • Once sent, it’s out of your control. Can be sent to many others.

9. Guidelines for using Email • One subject per message. Always use subject. • Ask yourself what would your reaction be to the message. • Message needs to be correct, concise, and clear. • Maintain goodwill of recipient. Use common courtesies. • Use paragraphs. • When replying use only enough of original message to make sense.

10. Signatures in Email message. • Email addresses can be anonymous. • Signatures make it clear who the sender is.

11. Netiquette • Rules of conduct or protocol used on the Internet.

12. Spam • Unwanted email

13. Emoticons • Symbols used to show emotion since there is no body language or nonverbals in email.

14. Acronymns • Letters which stand for a word phrase BBFN = Bye Bye For Now