Email – Electronic Mail
Free E Mail Services Gmail Yahoo Mail How do they make money? Sell ad space Sell your address Limited Protection from viruses
Commercial E Mail Services MS Outlook/Office Mail Verizon Limited Ads Protection Costs
When Sending E Mail Messages Know the receivers e mail addresses (address books). All addresses are unique. Be sure to type address accurately & correctly. Risk of lost messages. DNS - Domain Name System
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Parts of an E Mail Address NAME DOMAIN NAME tellsworth@fillmorecsd.org DOMAIN NAME EXTENSION
Your Email Address kkinnicutt22@fillmorecsd.org First Initial Last Name Year of Graduation @fillmorecsd.org kkinnicutt22@fillmorecsd.org
Composing an Email Message TO: Who your message is sent to CC: Carbon Copy to a person (fyi) BC: Blind Copy to a person (secret) Subject Line: What your message is about Attachment: Sending document attached to your email.
Email Messages Should: Be brief & to the point. Follow all spelling and grammar rules. Be typed in Initial Caps NOT ALL CAPS. Typing in ALL CAPS is considered SHOUTING.
Sample Emails
Write a meaningful subject line. Bad Subject Line Homework Question Good Subject Line Homework Due Saturday 9/10 Question about Dickinson Admissions
Keep the message focused and to the point and include a signature (closing). Bad Message To: teacher.learning@edu Subject: question Mr. Teacher. I don’t get the Dickinson Essay Requirement Good Message To: teacher.learning@edu Subject: Question about Dickinson Essay Dear Mr. Teacher, I’m working on the essay to Dickinson College and the directions are unclear about the length. How do you suggest I proceed? Thank you for your help, Melissa
Don’t use text message language. Please be formal. Bad Language To: teacher.school@edu Subject: English Homework Due 9/12 GM Idk how to do pt 1 of the hw. Was it in the text? Thanx ttyl. Melissa Good Language To: teacher.school@edu Subject: English Homework Due 9/12 Good Morning Mr. Teacher, Is there an example of part 1 of the homework in the textbook? I don’t quite remember how to do it. Thanks, Melissa
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Send me an email message. Send it TO: tellsworth@fillmorecsd.org CC: to one of your friends SUBJECT line: Dream Spring Vacation Body of the email: Write 5 sentences about what your dream spring vacation would be. Be sure to use proper spelling, grammar and sentence structure.