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Unit 1 The Online World

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Lesson 8 Email
Starter What is email short for?
Electronic
mail

1. Explain the store and forward system.

When a data transmission is sent from one device to another device and passes through a
message center. The message center is usually a server thats used by the message
service to store the message until the device you are sending it to can be located, and it
then forwards the transmission to the and deletes the message from the server
2. Explain the different fields highlighted in the picture below.

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3.

1: Who the message is being sent to.

2:
When you send an email to multiple people you can tell them that you have sent it to other
people by having their addresses in the box.

3:
Blind carbon copy is when you send it to multiple recipients but they cant see who youve
also sent it to. .

3. List five positive and negative aspects of using email.

Positive:

Negative:

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4. Explain the following email protocols used.

Acronym Protocol

Description

SMTP

POP3

IMAP

5. Use the space below to draw a diagram showing how email works. Use some of
the key terms you have learn.

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6. Explain how you would add an attachment to an email message. Use bullet
points rather than writing a sentence / paragraph.

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Plenary
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What does BCC stand for and how does it work?

Who invented email?
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