Vocab-Email

A form of communication in which electronic

messages are created and

transferred between two or more devices

connected to a network.

Email

Mail ServerA Hardware/software system that determines from the recipient’s address one of several electronic routes on which to send the message.

Rules that determine how the Internet handles message packets flowing on it.

Protocols

SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. Determines which paths an email message takes on the Internet.

POP

Post Office Protocol.Handles incoming messages.

IMAP

Internet Message Access Protocol.A protocol for retrieving mail messages from a remote server or messages that are stored on a large local network.

MIME

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension.Protocol that specifies how to encode nontext data, such as graphics and sound, so it can travel across the internet.

Email Program

Software that requests mail delivery from the mail server.

Email Address

• Unique ID of an individual or company on the Internet.

Username

The name a person goes by with his/her email address.

Message Header

Contains Info about the message.

Message Body

The message itself.

Signature

Appears at the bottom of an email message with basic contact information about the sender.

To Line

Where you type the recipients full email address.

Courtesy Copy and Blind Courtesy Copy.

To be able to send mail to people who should be aware of the email message, but are not the emails main recipients.

Groups

A way to send emails to more than one recipient at a time.

From Line

The senders name, email address, or both.

Subject Line

• An abbreviation of an incoming message.

Attachment

• A File that can be linked to an email message containing a picture video or other document.

Kilobyte

• 1,000 characters(aprox)

Read Only File

• A file that you can view but not edit.

Detaching a File

• Saving an email attachment.

Signature File

• Usually contains your name, title, and your company name.

Netiquette

• Internet Etiquette. Proper behavior on the internet.

Emoticon

• Group of keyboard characters that when viewed together, represent a human expression.

Queued

• A message temporarily held with other messages , and then sent when you exited the program.

Filter

• Used to automatically delete or store an email based on its content.

Junk Mail/Spam

• Unsolicited mail usually advertising or selling an item or service.

Quoted Message

• Copy of the original senders message inserted with your comments.

Nickname

• Example: Mom for mother. Home for Home Page.

POP POP3 Messages

• Post Office Protocol. Incoming Messages.

Mozilla Thunderbird

• Email Program by Mozilla.

Opera Mail

• Built in email client that comes with Opera.

Antivirus Program

• Software that eliminates and detects viruses.

Internet Security Software

• Software that detects viruses and other security threats on the internet.

Virus Signature/Pattern/Definition

• Sequence of characters that is always present in a virus.

Virus

• Programs, files, and attachments that can harm your computer.

Unsolicited Commercial Email(UCE)/Bulk Mail

• Unwanted solicitations, ads, or email chain letters sent to an email address.

Windows Live Mail

• Email program that you use to send and receive email.

Windows Live Mail vocab words

• Folder Pane: List of folders for receiving, sending and deleting messages.

• Inbox: stores messages you receive.• Sent items folder: Stores copies of messages

you have sent.• Deleted Items folder: Stores deleted messages.• Drafts Folder: Stores messages that have been

written but not sent.

WLM Vocab Words cont.

• Junk email folders: Folder for stored messages marked as junk and unsolicited mail.

• Outbox: Stores outgoing email messages that have not been sent.

• Message List: Contains summary information for each message that you receive.

• Reading Pane: Appears below the message list and displays the content of the selected message in the message list.

Windows Live Contacts

• Address Book for Windows Live Mail.