Blackboard
To Log In:
Go To: http://bb5.murraystate.edu
Click On: Login
Username: Firstname.Lastname
Password: Last 4 digits of S.S. #
View often for assignments, notes,
grades, important dates &
messages.
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WebMail
To Log In:
Go to:http://campus.murraystate.edu
Click on: WebMail
Username: firstname.lastname
Password: Last 4 digits of SS#
Use for correspondence within this
course.
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Chapter 1
E-Mail
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E-Mail
Advantages
Convenience
 Speed
 Inexpensive
 Saves on natural resources
 Not limited to text
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E-Mail
Disadvantages
Not all have access to e-mail
 Junk mail (spam)
 Lack of Privacy (Forward)
 Encourages poor writing
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Responding to Email
It’s too easy to quickly send an email
before thinking clearly about what you
have written.
At times it’s best to wait a few days.
You don’t have to respond to every
email.
Keep track of how much time you spend
on email.
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Keep in mind different forms
of writing
Formal
Informal
Develop more than one voice
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Terms
Userid (user name or account name)
Passwords
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Include characters that make a password difficult
to guess.
Your password should:
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Be greater than 5 characters long
Consist of a string of characters not found in a dictionary
Consist of non-alphabetical symbols (%$#)
Consist of numbers
Possess uppercase and lowercase letters.
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E-mail Addresses
Username@hostname.domain
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Username – identifies the individual
Hostname.domain – location of
individual’s mailbox
 Hostname.domain – specifies the computer (mail
server) on which the mail of “username” is stored.
The domain can consist of subdomains.
Username@hostname.subdomain.domain
Ex. ann.jones@unl.faculty.edu
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Top-Level Domain Names
com
– commercial business
edu
– educational institution
gov
– U.S. government
int
– international entity
mil
– U.S. military
net
– networking organization
org – non-profit organization
Etc.
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Country-Level Top Domain
Names
uk - United Kingdom
jp - Japan
au - Australia
Etc. -- see text.
Example email address
ksmith@nottingham.uk
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Compare E-Mail addresses
with mailing addresses
John Doe
101 E. 13th
Franklin, ND 50022
USA
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Note: The address becomes more general
from top to bottom
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Compare E-Mail addresses
with mailing addresses
John.Doe@marketing.Landsend.com.uk
UK – United Kingdom (Country-top-level
domain)
 Com – commercial (Generic-top-level
domain)
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Note: The address becomes more general
from left to right.
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E-mail Aliases
A name that’s easy to remember that is
associated with an email address.
Enter Ann in place of
Ann.miller@unl.edu
Each mailer is different but you’ll use
features such as, “address book” or
“nickname”.
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Components of an E-Mail
message
From:
From whom the message was
sent
To:To whom the message was
sent
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Send to more than one person by
separating the addresses by commas
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Components of an E-Mail
message
Subject: What the message is about
Short and to the point.
Cc:
Carbon copy to another user
This address shows up in the message
Bcc:
Blind carbon copy to another user
This address does not show up in the message
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Components of an E-Mail
message
Date:
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shows time sent
Ex. Tue. 29 May 2001 1:00:40 - 0300 (EST)
was sent 4:00:40 GMT
GMT – Greenwich Mean Time
 Greenwich England – where standard time is
kept.
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Netiquette
Formal vs. Informal
Emoticons -- :-) ;-)
Capital letters = SHOUTING
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Flame
Nasty response
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Features
Forward – forward the message on to
another address.
Reply – reply to sender only
Reply to all – reply to every address
listed on the “to:” line.
Attach – append a file to a message
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Host
Any computer on the internet
“Internet Host”
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Client
Computer from which information is
sought
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Server
Computer from which information is
sent
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Mailer
software that enables you to compose &
read e-mail.
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Also referred to as: email program, mail
application, mail client
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Mail Server
computer used to receive, store and
deliver e-mail.
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Mailbox
disk file that is formatted to hold e-mail
and information about the emails
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Uniquely identified by the username
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Protocol
set of rules that computers use in order
to communicate with one another.
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TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet
Protocol
All computers on the Internet run these two
protocols.
Used for preparing data for transmission
and for the actual transmission of data.
More on this later.
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Email requires two programs/protocols
one handling incoming email
one handling outgoing email
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SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
used for outgoing mail
used by a mail server to send a
message.
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POP & IMAP
used to deliver incoming mail
used by a mail server to deliver a
message.
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POP – Post Office Protocol
Mail is stored on a server (computer)
and then forwarded on to the “client’s”
computer when requested.
Referred to as: Store & Forward
Drawback – cannot access email from
different locations once the mail is
deleted from the server.
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IMAP
Interactive Mail Access Protocol
(Internet Message Access Protocol)
E-mail is left on the server
webmail
 hotmail
 yahoo
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MIME Protocol – Multipurpose
Internet Mail Extension
Makes it possible to send files (binary files)
other than just plain text (ASCII files).
 Makes it possible to send attachments.
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