Chapter 2B - E-mail and other internet services. This lesson introduces you to each of these important Internet-based services. You will learn how each one is used and the types of software you will need to communicate or send information through them. | McGraw-Hill Technology Education Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Chapter 2B E-mail and Other Internet Services Using E-mail Exchanges messages with other users Messages reach destination in seconds Mail waits in mailbox until opened Text, audio, pictures and video messages 2B- Teaching tip Have a student define spam. While most people hate spam and wish it would stop, explore the implications of anti-spam laws in a free trade society. Using e-mail Configuring e-mail e-mail clients read and send e-mail Outlook and Eudora are common Need name of mail server Need username and password Hotmail and Yahoo are online clients No configuration needed 2B- Teaching Tip Suggest to your students to acquire a professional e-mail address from Hotmail or other online service. These free services usually outlast university or employer e-mail. Using e-mail e-mail addresses Unique address Allows sending and receiving Username@ Listserv Lists of e-mail addresses Each address gets the e-mail 2B- Using e-mail e-mail actions Create a new message Send an attachment Reply to e-mail Open attachments Forward an e-mail 2B- Teaching tip Although not covered in the text, CC refers to Carbon Copy and sends a copy of the e-mail to everyone on the list. Blind carbon copy (BCC) does the same, except the recipients do not know who else got the message. Other Internet Features News Public board devoted to a topic Thousands of topics available Messages are called threads Users can create threads Users can comment on threads Need a news reader program 2B- Teaching tip When you show a newsgroup in class, watch out for non-moderated groups. Off topic messages can appear. Stick to moderated groups like Microsoft sponsored groups. Table lists common news domains. Other Internet Features File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Copies files from a remote computer FTP client is needed Some sites require a password 2B- Teaching tip Page 83 of . | McGraw-Hill Technology Education Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Chapter 2B E-mail and Other Internet Services Using E-mail Exchanges messages with other users Messages reach destination in seconds Mail waits in mailbox until opened Text, audio, pictures and video messages 2B- Teaching tip Have a student define spam. While most people hate spam and wish it would stop, explore the implications of anti-spam laws in a free trade society. Using e-mail Configuring e-mail e-mail clients read and send e-mail Outlook and Eudora are common Need name of mail server Need username and password Hotmail and Yahoo are online clients No configuration needed 2B- Teaching Tip Suggest to your students to acquire a professional e-mail address from Hotmail or other online service. These free services usually outlast university or employer e-mail. Using e-mail e-mail addresses Unique address Allows sending and receiving Username@ Listserv Lists of .
