Computer Skills

How to get email account ?

• How to get just email?
• Get a free web-based email account through yahoo or Hotmail

Email Address

• An email address has two parts:
• 1. Username
• 2. Domain Name
• Email Address [e-mail]
• le:

Email Message’s Parts

• An email message must have at least two parts:
• 1. Header
• 2. Body
• 3. Message Signature (optional)

Email Message’s Parts

• The Message Header contains information about the message: sender, receiver, date and subject
• CC : Carbon Copy
• BCC: Blind Carbon Copy
• The Message body contains the actual message being sent
• Message Signature (optional) (see next slide)

Message Signature

• Sometimes, an email message contains a third part, called the signature
• It is optional, and usually identifies or provides information about the message’s sender

Which email Program to use?

• 1. On UNIX you may use Pine or Mailx
• 2. Netscape’s mail through Netscape Navigator

Review

• CC : Carbon Copy
• BCC: Blind Carbon Copy
• Protocols: set of rules
• TCP/IP :Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol)
• File Transfer Protocol [FTP] use to:
• Transfer data files to and from computers around the world?
• internet protocol address : IP address
• DNS: it is a name addressing system was developed, called domain name system (DNS)
• URL: Uniform Resource Locator
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