email 101 instructors: connie hutchison & christopher mccoy
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Email 101Instructors:
Connie Hutchison
& Christopher McCoy
Objectives
• Create an online email account
• Create a secure password
• Write and send e-mail messages
• Add contacts to address book
• Create folders to organize emails
• Send and Open attachments
• Text editing capabilities
Email Snail MailSend messages
instantlyMessages arrive
after 2-3 days
Access anywhereFixed physical
address
Free (with internet access)
Cost of postage
Other Advantage
s• Other tools (calendar, contact list, chat)• Private (password protected)• Access other parts of the web• Send emails to large numbers of people at
once• More than just text: share pictures and other
files• Easy to organize
Anatomy of an email address
[email protected]@gmail.com
UsernameUsername atat Email Provider
Email Provider
Webmail
Email Lingo
InboxInboxMenuMenuSearchSearchSidebarSidebar
HeaderHeader
BodyBodyFormat BarFormat Bar
HeaderHeader
BodyBody
ActionsActions
SearchSearch
InboxInbox
Side BarSide Bar
Email Etiquette
• Reply vs. reply all
• Greeting and closing/Subject line
• Consider your readers
• Spell check
• Formatting
• DON’T TYPE IN ALL CAPS
• Protect privacy with BCC
SpamSTOP SPAM:
•Never reply to spam
•Spam filter
•Separate email accounts•Give out your email to those you trust
Phishing
Passwords• Make your password difficult to guess
• Don’t use your dog’s name, birthday, or complete words
• Use capital and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols such
as !@#$%^&*()
• Longer is better (8 or more characters)
• Never tell anyone your password
• Know how to recover your password
Which password is more secure?
fluffy1fluffy1 F1f4ie$JF1f4ie$J
Password Trick
Think of a long phrase that’s meaningful to you.For example:
TTwinklewinkle TTwinklewinkle LLittleittle SStar, tar, HHowow II WWonderonder WWhathat
YYouou AArerebecomes
TTLSHIWWYATTLSHIWWYANot bad!
But you’re not done yet!Mix up the capital and lowercase letters, and add some numbers and symbols:
TtL$H1wWy@TtL$H1wWy@
Beyond Email