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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. WebMail. To Log In: Go to:http://campus.murraystate.edu Click on: WebMail

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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Chapter 1 E-Mail

  4. E-Mail • Advantages • Convenience • Speed • Inexpensive • Saves on natural resources • Not limited to text

  5. E-Mail • Disadvantages • Not all have access to e-mail • Junk mail (spam) • Lack of Privacy (Forward) • Encourages poor writing

  6. 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.

  7. Keep in mind different forms of writing • Formal • Informal • Develop more than one voice

  8. Terms • Userid (user name or account name) • Passwords • Include characters that make a password difficult to guess. • Your password should: • 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.

  9. E-mail Addresses • Username@hostname.domain • 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

  10. 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.

  11. Country-Level Top Domain Names • uk - United Kingdom • jp - Japan • au - Australia • Etc. -- see text. Example email address ksmith@nottingham.uk

  12. Compare E-Mail addresses with mailing addresses John Doe 101 E. 13th Franklin, ND 50022 USA • Note: The address becomes more general from top to bottom

  13. 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) • Note: The address becomes more general from left to right.

  14. 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”.

  15. Components of an E-Mail message • From: From whom the message was sent • To: To whom the message was sent • Send to more than one person by separating the addresses by commas

  16. 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

  17. Components of an E-Mail message • Date: 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.

  18. Netiquette • Formal vs. Informal • Emoticons -- :-) ;-) • Capital letters = SHOUTING

  19. Flame • Nasty response

  20. 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

  21. Host • Any computer on the internet • “Internet Host”

  22. Client • Computer from which information is sought

  23. Server • Computer from which information is sent

  24. Mailer • software that enables you to compose & read e-mail. • Also referred to as: email program, mail application, mail client

  25. Mail Server • computer used to receive, store and deliver e-mail.

  26. Mailbox • disk file that is formatted to hold e-mail and information about the emails • Uniquely identified by the username

  27. Protocol • set of rules that computers use in order to communicate with one another.

  28. 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.

  29. Email requires two programs/protocols • one handling incoming email • one handling outgoing email

  30. SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol • used for outgoing mail • used by a mail server to send a message.

  31. POP & IMAP • used to deliver incoming mail • used by a mail server to deliver a message.

  32. 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.

  33. IMAP • Interactive Mail Access Protocol (Internet Message Access Protocol) • E-mail is left on the server • webmail • hotmail • yahoo

  34. 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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