Email Basics.

Use the Web page

https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/email101/introduct
ion-to-email/1/

Answer the following:

1. What is E-mail?
 Getting to know email

Email (electronic mail) is a way to send and receive messages

across the Internet. It's similar to traditional mail, but it also has
some key differences. To get a better idea of what email is all
about, take a look at the infographic below and consider how you
might benefit from its use.
2. Write the differences between
Traditional Mail Vs Email.
3. Write five Email advantages.
 Email advantages

Productivity tools: Email is usually packaged with a calendar, address book, instant messaging,
and more for convenience and productivity.
Access to web services: If you want to sign up for an account like Facebook or order products
from services like Amazon, you will need an email address so you can be safely identified and
contacted.
Easy mail management: Email service providers have tools that allow you to file, label,
prioritize, find, group, and filter your emails for easy management. You can even easily control
spam, or junk email.
Privacy: Your email is delivered to your own personal and private account with a password
required to access and view emails.
Communication with multiple people: You can send an email to multiple people at once, giving
you the option to include as few as or as many people as you want in a conversation.
Accessible anywhere at any time: You don’t have to be at home to get your mail. You can access
it from any computer or mobile device that has an Internet connection.
4. Write the parts of an Email address in a
Standard Format and explain them
 Understanding email addresses

To receive emails, you will need an email account and an email address. Also, if you want to send
emails to other people, you will need to obtain their email addresses. It's important to learn how to
write email addresses correctly because if you do not enter them exactly right, your emails will not be
delivered or might be delivered to the wrong person.

Email addresses are always written in a standard format that includes a user name, the @ (at) symbol,
and the email provider's domain.

The user name is the name you choose to identify yourself.

Email address username

The email provider is the website that hosts your email account.

Email service provider

Some businesses and organizations use email addresses with their own website domain.

Business website email domain

5. Write 3 free webmail providers
 About email providers

In the past, people usually received an email account from the same companies that provided their Internet access.
For example, if AOL provided your Internet connection, you'd have an AOL email address. While this is still true
for some people, today it's increasingly common to use a free web-based email service, also known as webmail.
Anyone can use these services, no matter who provides their Internet access.

Webmail providers

Today, the top three webmail providers are Yahoo!, Microsoft's Outlook.com (previously Hotmail), and Google's
Gmail. These providers are popular because they allow you to access your email account from anywhere with an
Internet connection. You can also access webmail on your mobile device.
Visit the links below to compare the features of the three top webmail providers:

Yahoo! Features
Outlook.com Features
Gmail Features
Other email providers

Many people also have an email address hosted by their company, school, or organization. These email addresses are usually for professional purposes. For example, the people who work for this website have email
addresses that end with @gcflearnfree.org. If you are part of an organization that hosts your email, they'll show you how to access it.

Many hosted web domains end with a suffix other than .com. Depending on the organization, your provider's domain might end with a suffix like .gov (for government websites), .edu (for schools), .mil (for military
branches), or .org (for nonprofit organizations).

Email applications

Many companies and organizations use an email application, like Microsoft Outlook, for communicating and managing their email. This software can be used with any email provider but is most commonly used by
organizations that host their own email.

Visit our Outlook 2010 tutorial to learn more about using this application.