Introduction To Email

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Library Community Courses Presents Christian County Library Phone: 581-2432 Email: [email protected] s Please have a seat, fill out and fold your name card, and complete the pre-evaluation form. We will be starting shortly. This project has been made possible by a grant from the U. S. Institute of Museum and Library Services. Introduction to Email

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This is for those who have never had an email account and would like to have one. We will go over the basics of email, set up an account, and practice sending and receiving a few.

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Library

Community

Courses

Presents

Christian County Library

Phone: 581-2432

Email: [email protected]

Please have a seat, fill out and fold your name card, and complete the pre-evaluation form.We will be starting shortly.

This project has been made possible by a grant from the U. S. Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Introduction to Email

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What is Email?

a method of sending messages electronically from one computer to another

short for electronic mail

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How does it work?

Like a post office

@ symbol is always used in email addresses

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Anatomy of a message

Address line

Subject line

Body

Attachments

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Getting an account

Free web based services www.hotmail.com www.yahoo.com www.gmail.com

Be sure to write down your email address or user ID and Password and keep them in a safe place

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Let’s go to www.gmail.com and get new email accounts.

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Compose a message

Address: [email protected] Subject: Practice message Text: Intro to email is the BEST!

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Netiquette Always keep in mind that email

can be intercepted and read by others

Do not use abusive, obscene, sexist, or racist language in messages

Get permission before forwarding someone else’s message

Include the subject of your message in the subject field

Avoid using all uppercase letters (it implies shouting)

Do not send anonymous messages

Do not send chain letters

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A note of caution

Internet scams and spam International Lottery Stranded foreign business

person Large amounts of money with

no cost to you Bank and credit card company

requests for personal information

Anything from someone you don’t know with an attachment

Remember! If is sounds too good to be true then it probably is!

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Thanks for coming

Be cautious but still have fun.

Any Questions?

Feel free to repeat this class or sign up for others at the circulation desk