2012
Unit 1 The Online World
Lesson8Email
StarterWhatisemailshortfor?
EmaiIisshortforelectronicmail
1. Explainthestoreandforwardsystem.
Whenonepersonsendsamessage,itisstoredonanemailserver.Itwaitsinstoreuntiltherecipientsigns
in,atwhichpointtheserverforwardsthemessagetothem.
2. Explainthedifferentfieldshighlightedinthepicturebelow.
1.
2.
3.
1:Tofield
2:Ccfield
3:Bccfield
3. Listfivepositiveandnegativeaspectsofusingemail.
Positive:
1 Speed of delivery.
2 Instant delivery on a global
scale.
3 Delivery to multiple
recipients.
4 Having a record of the
correspondence between
users.
5 Attachments
Negative:
1 Spam
2 Viruses
3 Phishing scams
4 - Privacy and security.
People can hack into your
emails and read material which
should not be available. Some
of that material may pose a risk
to your security, that of your
employer or even that of the
nation.
5 - Internet access. The fact
that both sender and
recipient(s) have to have email
accounts can be a problem.
Some people do not have
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4. Explainthefollowingemailprotocolsused.
Acronym
Protocol
Simplemailtransferprotocol
SMTP
PostOfficeProtocol3
POP3
InternetMessageAccessProtocol
IMAP
Description
TheinternetstandardusedforsendingmessagesacrossIP
networksinservertoservertransfers.Alsousedbyemail
userstosendamessagetoanemailserver.
UsedtoretrieveemailsfromanemailserveroveraTCP/IP
connection.Thisisthemostwidelyusedemailretrieval
protocol.Normallyusersdownloademailstotheirlocal
computerusingPOP3,deletingthemfromtheemailserver.
Thisistheotherpopularemailretrievalprotocol.
Normallyusersworkontheemailsastheyresideonthe
emailserverusingIMAPanddonotdownloadthem.
5. Usethespacebelowtodrawadiagramshowinghowemailworks.Usesomeofthekeytermsyouhavelearn.
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6. Explainhowyouwouldaddanattachmenttoanemailmessage.Usebulletpointsratherthanwritinga
sentence/paragraph.
Firstyouneedtochoosewhoyouwillsenditto.
Thenyouneedtochoosethefileyouwanttosend.
Afterwardsyouneedtoclickthebuttonwhichwillletyouselectthedocumentwhichyouhavechoose
andapplyitintheemail.
Finallyyousendtheemailwiththeattachment.
Plenary
a. WhatdoesBCCstandforandhowdoesitwork?
b. Whoinventedemail?
a. BccStandsforblindcarboncopy.Youcancopyinpeopletoemailsbuthidetheiridentifyandemail
addressfromotherrecipientsbyenteringtheminthisfield.
b. TheinventorofemailisV.A.ShivaAyyadurai.