1. Communicate with E-mail John Overbaugh

2. johnover@isomedia.com2 Introduction  Seriously involved for five years  Been in Internet industry since 1995  Been teaching Genealogy merit badge for four years  http://www.isomedia.com/homes/johnover

3. johnover@isomedia.com3 Goals of Class  Discuss Internet and E-mail Security  Introduce class to e-mail concepts  Demonstrate effective use of e-mail listserves  Demonstrate effective e-mail newsletters  Show how how to find people via e-mail

4. johnover@isomedia.com4 E-mail Clients  Outlook  Outlook Express  Hotmail, Yahoo!  Eudora

5. johnover@isomedia.com5 Security  Firewalls –Software: BlackIce, Symantec/Norton –Hardware: LinkSys, Cisco, etc.  Operating System –XP Pro or Server? –Enable extensions –IE Security  Other: Credit cards, passwords

6. johnover@isomedia.com6 E-mail Concepts  Folders  Distribution List (DL)  Listserv/Mailing List  SPAM

7. johnover@isomedia.com7 Listserves  Rootsweb.com  Familysearch.com

8. johnover@isomedia.com8 Joining and using Mailing Lists  Follow directions—varies by list  Lurk for a while  Judge who is the expert  Ask for help—GEDCOM, etc.

9. johnover@isomedia.com9 Newsletters  Rootsweb Review  Rootsweb Missing Links  Roots-L  Gen-Newbie  TreasureMaps

10. johnover@isomedia.com10 Out of the Blue  Find a name  Send mail  See what happens  Get a mail  Respond