1. How Works

2. What type of mail is faster, cheaper, and becoming more popular and reliable than mailing a letter through the postal service?
Electronic Mail
We refer to it today as .

3. What is email? Electronic message sent from one device to another
Most popular form is computer to computer
can also be sent and received by cell phones and other portable devices
You can send text, pictures, video clips, music, etc…
Passes from one computer to another traveling through the Internet

4. Makeup of an
Header
messages have two main parts making it similar to letters:
Header—contains the name and address of the person receiving the mail, the name and address of anyone who is being copied, and the subject of the message
Body—contains the message
Body
Cc…Carbon Copy—When you want to send a copy of a message to someone else
Bcc…Blind Carbon Copy—When you want to send a copy of a message and the recipient of the original message not be aware of it

5. Understanding Email addresses
Two main parts of address:
User name
Domain name
Here is an example:
creekside is the user name
learn .com is the domain name
@ sign will always go between the user name and the domain name

6. Top-Level Domains
The end of the domain name ends with a dot (.) followed by three or more letters. This is referred to as top-level domain (TLD). This is part of the domain name and indicates the type of organization and where the server is located.

7. Top-Level Domains that are currently in use:
.aero--For the air-transport industry
.biz--Reserved for businesses
.com--For businesses, commercial enterprises, or online services like America Online. Most companies use this extension.
.coop--Reserved for cooperatives
.edu--For educational institutions and universities
.gov--Reserved for United States government agencies
.info--For all uses
.int--For organizations established by international treaties
.mil--For the United States military
.museum--For use by museums
.name--For use by individuals
.net--For networks; usually reserved for organizations such as Internet service providers
.org--For non-commercial organizations
.pro--For use by professionals, such as attorneys and physicians

8. Attachments
An attachment is a picture, music, speech or software which is connected to the main . If you get an with an attachment from someone you don't know, or if the claims to be from someone you know but somehow doesn't seem right, then do not open the attachment. Check with the sender first, or delete the straight away.

9. Sources
Learn the Net: