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| E-mail (electronic mail) | Allows you to send and receive text, HTML, images and other data files over the Internet. It is one of the most popular online activities and has become a vital tool for electronic commerce. |
| Internal Mail | Refers to the process of sending or receiving mail by users connected to a local area network (LAN). |
| Text Messaging | Refers to the process of sending a message but only text is shown at the reciever's end |
| Instant Messaging | Is similiar to having a conversation with one or more people. Real time conversation can occur between users. |
| Internet E-mail | Often referred to as external mail as it comes from "outside" of your computer. E-mail comes from the Internet. |
| Spamming | Refers to the process of sending any unsolicited e-mail messages to many recipients to promote products and services or for political/religious purposes. |
| Domain Name | A name that identifies one or more IP addresses. Domain names always have at least two parts that are separated by dots (for instance lsoft.com). |
| Recipient | The end user who requested the email from the sender, usually identified by the email address in the ‘To’ line. |
| Sender | The person or organization responsible for transmitting the email, usually identified by the email address in the ‘From’ line |
| Email address | A code representing a unique email user on the Internet. Examples might include – andrew.holston@vbschools.com, joe-bloggs@sitename.com, g.allthorpe@yahoo.co.uk |
| Mailbox Name | Identifies a particular mailbox on the e-mail server (andrew.holston@) |
| Name of Organization | Identifies the organization the owns the email server (@vbschools) |
| Domain Category | Indentifies the server's information domain (.com) |
| Addressing | It identifies who will receive the email. |
| Subject Line | Indentifies the topic of the message, usually a short description of the content or purposes of the e-mail. |
| Message Body | Where you type the message. |
| Attachments | These are files which you can send along with your email, for example, graphics files, word processing documents, spreadsheets, etc. |
| Creating New | The program displays a blank form for entering all the necessary message components and message body. |
| Reply | Reply just to the person who sent the message. |
| Reply All | Sends the reply to everyone who received the orignal message. |
| Forward | Send the message to a third person for futher action. |
| Emoticons | Text symbols that attempt to convey to the recipient what the sender's emotion was. |
| Junk Mail | Another name for Spam mail. |
| Netiquette | The rules of conduct for Internet users. |
