101 Instructors: Connie Hutchison & Christopher McCoy

Objectives Create an online account Create a secure password Write and send messages Add contacts to address book Create folders to organize s Send and Open attachments Text editing capabilities

Snail Mail Send messages instantly Messages arrive after 2-3 days Access anywhere Fixed physical address Free (with internet access) Cost of postage

Other Advantages Other tools (calendar, contact list, chat) Private (password protected) Access other parts of the web Send s to large numbers of people at once More than just text: share pictures and other files Easy to organize

Anatomy of an address Username at Provider Provider

Webmail

Lingo Send Reply Forward Inbox CC/BCC Attachment Contact list Filter Delete Spam

Inbox Menu Search Sidebar

Header Body Format Bar

Header Body Actions

Search Inbox Side Bar

Etiquette Reply vs. reply all Greeting and closing/Subject line Consider your readers Spell check Formatting DONT TYPE IN ALL CAPS Protect privacy with BCC

Spam STOP SPAM: Never reply to spam Spam filter Separate accounts Give out your to those you trust

Phishing

Passwords Make your password difficult to guess Dont use your dogs 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? fluffy1 F1f4ie$J

Password Trick Think of a long phrase thats meaningful to you. For example: T winkle T winkle L ittle S tar, H ow I W onder W hat Y ou A re becomesTTLSHIWWYA Not bad!

But youre not done yet! Mix up the capital and lowercase letters, and add some numbers and

Beyond