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BlackboardTo Log In:
Go To: http://bb5.murraystate.edu
Click On: LoginUsername: Firstname.Lastname
Password: Last 4 digits of S.S. #
View often for assignments, notes, grades, important dates & messages.
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WebMailTo Log In:
Go to:http://campus.murraystate.edu
Click on: WebMailUsername: firstname.lastname
Password: Last 4 digits of SS#
Use for correspondence within this course.
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Chapter 1
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AdvantagesConvenienceSpeed InexpensiveSaves on natural resourcesNot limited to text
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DisadvantagesNot all have access to e-mailJunk mail (spam)Lack of Privacy (Forward)Encourages poor writing
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Responding to Email
It’s too easy to quickly send an email before thinking clearly about what you have written.At times it’s best to wait a few days.You don’t have to respond to every email.Keep track of how much time you spend on email.
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Keep in mind different forms of writing
Formal
Informal
Develop more than one voice
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Terms
Userid (user name or account name)
Passwords Include characters that make a password difficult
to guess. Your password should:
Be greater than 5 characters long Consist of a string of characters not found in a dictionary Consist of non-alphabetical symbols (%$#) Consist of numbers Possess uppercase and lowercase letters.
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E-mail [email protected] Username – identifies the individual Hostname.domain – location of
individual’s mailboxHostname.domain – specifies the computer (mail
server) on which the mail of “username” is stored.
The domain can consist of subdomains. [email protected]
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Top-Level Domain Names
com – commercial business
edu – educational institution
gov – U.S. government
int – international entity
mil – U.S. military
net – networking organization
org – non-profit organization
Etc.
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Country-Level Top Domain Names
uk - United Kingdom
jp - Japan
au - Australia
Etc. -- see text.
Example email [email protected]
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Compare E-Mail addresses with mailing addresses
John Doe
101 E. 13th
Franklin, ND 50022
USA
Note: The address becomes more general from top to bottom
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Compare E-Mail addresses with mailing addresses
[email protected] – United Kingdom (Country-top-level
domain)Com – commercial (Generic-top-level
domain)
Note: The address becomes more general from left to right.
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E-mail Aliases
A name that’s easy to remember that is associated with an email address.
Enter Ann in place of [email protected]
Each mailer is different but you’ll use features such as, “address book” or “nickname”.
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Components of an E-Mail message
From: From whom the message was sent
To: To whom the message was sent
Send to more than one person by separating the addresses by commas
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Components of an E-Mail message
Subject: What the message is aboutShort and to the point.
Cc: Carbon copy to another userThis address shows up in the message
Bcc: Blind carbon copy to another userThis address does not show up in the
message
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Components of an E-Mail message
Date: shows time sentEx. Tue. 29 May 2001 1:00:40 - 0300 (EST)
was sent 4:00:40 GMT
GMT – Greenwich Mean TimeGreenwich England – where standard time is
kept.
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Netiquette
Formal vs. Informal
Emoticons -- :-) ;-)
Capital letters = SHOUTING
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Flame
Nasty response
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Features
Forward – forward the message on to another address.
Reply – reply to sender only
Reply to all – reply to every address listed on the “to:” line.
Attach – append a file to a message
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Host
Any computer on the internet
“Internet Host”
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Client
Computer from which information is sought
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Server
Computer from which information is sent
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Mailer
software that enables you to compose & read e-mail.Also referred to as: email program, mail
application, mail client
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Mail Server
computer used to receive, store and deliver e-mail.
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Mailbox
disk file that is formatted to hold e-mail and information about the emailsUniquely identified by the username
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Protocol
set of rules that computers use in order to communicate with one another.
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TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
All computers on the Internet run these two protocols.
Used for preparing data for transmission and for the actual transmission of data.
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Email requires two programs/protocols
one handling incoming email
one handling outgoing email
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SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
used for outgoing mail
used by a mail server to send a message.
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POP & IMAP
used to deliver incoming mail
used by a mail server to deliver a message.
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POP – Post Office Protocol
Mail is stored on a server (computer) and then forwarded on to the “client’s” computer when requested.
Referred to as: Store & Forward
Drawback – cannot access email from different locations once the mail is deleted from the server.
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IMAP
Interactive Mail Access Protocol (Internet Message Access Protocol)
E-mail is left on the serverwebmailhotmailyahoo
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MIME Protocol – Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
Makes it possible to send files (binary files) other than just plain text (ASCII files).
Makes it possible to send attachments.