Short for electronic mail, e-mail or email is text messages that may contain files,images, or other attachments sent through a network to a specified individual or group of individuals. The first e-mail was sent by Ray Tomlinson in 1971. By 1996, more electronic mail was being sent than postal mail. Below is an example and breakdown of an Internet e-mail address.
The first portion all e-mail addresses is the alias, user, group, or department of a company. In our above example support is the Technical Support department at Computer Hope.
Next, the @ (at sign) is used as a divider in the e-mail address and is always required for all SMTP e-mail addresses.
Finally, computerhope.com is the domain name of where the user belongs.
To send and receive e-mail messages you can use an e-mail program, also known as an e-mail client such asMicrosoft Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird or an online e-mail service or webmail such as .Mac, Hotmail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Many of the online e-mail services including the above examples are free or have a free account option.
When writing a new e-mail message a window similar to the below example will appear. As can be seen, several fields are required when sending an e-mail, the From or Reply-To is a field that is automatically filled out and is where the e-mail will return if a reply is made. Next, the CC or Carbon Copy field allows you to send a copy of the message to another e-mail address, but is not a required field. The To field is where you type the e-mail address of who you are sending the e-mail address. Next, the subject line although not required should be a few words describing what the e-mail is about. Finally, the message body will be the location you type your message and is what will contain your signature.
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