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Introduction. E-Mail: Advantages and Disadvantages Userids, Passwords, and E-Mail Addresses Message Components Message Composition Mailer Features E-Mail Inner Workings E-Mail Management MIME Types. E-Mail: Advantages and Disadvantages. Introduction Advantages Disadvantages.

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  1. Introduction E-Mail: Advantages and Disadvantages Userids, Passwords, and E-Mail Addresses Message Components Message Composition Mailer Features E-Mail Inner Workings E-Mail Management MIME Types From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  2. E-Mail: Advantages and Disadvantages Introduction Advantages Disadvantages From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  3. Receive and send to: Any country Computer users Many users at once Computer programs E-Mail: Advantages and Disadvantages Introduction From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  4. Convenience Speed Inexpensive Printable Reliable Global Generality E-Mail: Advantages and Disadvantages Advantages From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  5. Misdirection Interception Forgery Overload Junk (spam) No response E-Mail: Advantages and Disadvantages Disadvantages From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  6. Userids, Passwords, and E-Mail Addresses Userids Passwords E-Mail Addresses Domain Names E-Mail Address Determinations Local and Systemwide Aliases From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  7. Login name, user name, account name Mnemonic meaning Userids, Passwords, and E-Mail Addresses Userids From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  8. Authentication At least five characters Contain nonalphabetical symbol Contain a number Uppercase and lowercase letters Userids, Passwords, and E-Mail Addresses Passwords From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  9. username@hostname.subdomain.domain @ = “at” Suffix is general from left to right No more than 256 characters Userids, Passwords, and E-Mail Addresses E-Mail Addresses From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  10. Country codes Domain name space (DNS) Distributed naming scheme Generic top-level domain names: com commercial business edu education gov U.S. government int international entity org nonprofit organization mil U.S. military net networking organization Userids, Passwords, and E-Mail Addresses Domain Names From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  11. Ask the person Program for locating people Browser Verify with program Search engine Userids, Passwords, and E-Mail Addresses E-Mail Address Determinations From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  12. Easy-to-remember name Distribution list or private distribution list Local or private aliases Public alias Userids, Passwords, and E-Mail Addresses Local and Systemwide Aliases From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  13. E-mail client displays following information about each e-mail message: Date Sender name Size (bytes) Subject line Message Components From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  14. E-mail header Full header includes route and message id From Date To Subject Cc Blind carbon copy (not visible) Message Components From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  15. Body Greeting Text Signature MIME Attachment Message Components From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  16. From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  17. Message Composition Structure Netiquette Composition From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  18. To Cc Attachment Subject Text editor Message Composition Structure From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  19. Emoticons “SHOUTING” Flaming Message Composition Netiquette From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  20. Signature file Attach files Insert a file Message Composition Composition From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  21. Mailer Features Compose, File, and Reply Bracketed Text and Include Forwarding From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  22. Compose New Reply Forward Vacation Mailer Features Compose, File, and Reply From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  23. File Save Insert Exit Open Attach Mailer Features Compose, File, and Reply From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  24. Reply To sender To all Forward Include Include bracketed * include original message Mailer Features Compose, File, and Reply From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  25. Multiple e-mail addresses .forward Mailer Features Forwarding From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  26. E-Mail Inner Workings Mailer, Mail Server, and Mailbox Store and Forward Features Central Mail Spool and IMAP Bounce Feature From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  27. Mailers Mail program, mail application, mail client Software Mail servers Computer Receive, store, and deliver e-mail Mailboxes Disk file E-Mail Inner Workings Mailer, Mail Server, and Mailbox From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  28. 7 by 24 machine Inbox Save and pick-up Post Office Protocol (POP) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Main spool E-Mail Inner Workings Store and Forward Features From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  29. Interactive Mail Access Protocol (IMAP) Encrypted passwords Hybrid systems E-Mail Inner Workings Central Mail Spool and IMAP From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  30. Packets Sequence numbers Handshaking E-mail bounces = is undeliverable: Bad user account name Bad domain name Domain name server down Other malfunction E-Mail Inner Workings Bounce Feature From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  31. E-Mail Management Introduction Action Options Vacation Programs E-Mail and Business From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  32. Does e-mail help you at work? Is e-mail a waste of your time? Are you flooded with e-mail from mailing lists? Is e-mail a distraction? Are you constantly reading forwarded jokes? How can e-mail make your life more enjoyable? How can e-mail make you more productive instead of less efficient? Do you receive a lot of useless gossip? E-Mail Management Introduction From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  33. Delete the message Skip a message Read the message Triage Skim for important messages Skim for what you can delete unread Work through remainder E-Mail Management Action Options From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  34. Skim and delete Read important messages and delete rest Deal with each message as possible If more time needed, postpone E-Mail Management Action Options From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  35. Automatically replies to e-mail Considerations: Do most of your friends know you are going away? Do most of your business associates realize you are on vacation? Are you subscribed to any mailing lists where many users could be bombarded? Will knowing you are away for a week make a big difference? Do you want people to know you are away? E-Mail Management Vacation Programs From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  36. Considerations (continued): Do you want to generate additional and unnecessary e-mail? Do you tell recipients who to contact in your absence? E-Mail Management From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  37. Currently legal for employer to read all company e-mail Business e-mail is backed-up and such back-ups can be subpoenaed Businesses sometimes use e-mail filters to restrict communications E-Mail Management E-mail and Business From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

  38. MIME Types Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions ASCII text files (plaintext) Binary files Viruses From Greenlaw/Hepp, In-line/On-line: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web

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