2. BASICS OF EMAIL
• short for electronic mail
• send & receive messages over the internet
• Most common are Hotmail (Microsoft), Gmail
(Google),Yahoo Mail (Yahoo!)
3. EMAIL…
• Email address is a unique address given to user
that helps to indentify the user while sending
and receiving message or mail.
• It deliveres private messages to individuals and
groups.
• This is the faster way of communication at an
affordable cost.
4. FEATURES OF EMAIL
• automatic reply to messages
• auto-forward and redirection of messages
• facility to send copies of a message to many people
• automatic filing and retrieval of messages
• addresses can be stored in an address book and retrieved instantly
• notification if a message cannot be delivered
• emails are automatically date and time stamped
• signatures can be attached
• files, graphics or sound can be sent as attachments often in
compressed formats
• webmail and mobile emails can be used to receive and send messages
while on the move
5. ADVANTAGE OF EMAIL
•EMAILS ARE DELIVERED EXTREMELY FAST WHEN COMPAREDTO
TRADITIONAL POST.
•EMAILS CAN BE SENT 24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS AYEAR.
•WEBMAIL MEANS EMAILS CAN BE SENT AND RECEIVED FROM
ANY COMPUTER, ANYWHERE INTHE WORLD,THAT HASAN
INTERNET CONNECTION.
6. DISADVANTAGES OF EMAIL
• THE RECIPIENT NEEDS ACCESSTOTHE INTERNETTO RECEIVE EMAIL.
• VIRUSESARE EASILY SPREADVIA EMAIL ATTACHMENTS (MOST EMAIL PROVIDERS SCAN
EMAILS FORVIRUSESONYOUR BEHALF).
• PHISHING - SENDINGAN EMAILTOA USER FALSELY CLAIMINGTO BEA LEGITIMATE
COMPANYTO SCAMTHE USER INTO PROVIDING INFORMATION, SUCH AS PERSONAL
INFORMATIONAND BANK ACCOUNT NUMBERSON A BOGUS WEBSITE.THE DETAILSWILL
THEN BE USED FOR IDENTITYTHEFT.
• NO GUARANTEE THE MAILWILL BE READ UNTILTHE USER LOGSON AND CHECKSTHEIR
EMAIL.
• SPAM - UNSOLICITED EMAIL, E.G.,JUNK MAIL.
7. DOCUMENT COLLABORATION ON EMAIL
•DOCUMENT COLLABORATION ON EMAIL REFERSTO
CAN ABLET ATTACH ANY KIND OF DOCUMENT, IMAGES
,VIDEO, SPREADSHEET, PRESENTATION FILE ,WORD
FILE, PDF FILE, ETC.
•WE CAN BE ATTACHE MORETHAN ONE FILESAND
DOCUMENT AT ONCE.
8. ETIQUETTE OF EMAIL
• Include a clear, direct subject line
• Always use appropriate greetings
• Use perfect salutations
• Two times check that you’ve selected the correct
recipient
• Keep your font classic
• Watch your grammar, spelling and punctuation.
• Send smaller files, compress them.