Email

What is Email?

Electronic mail, commonly called email or e-mail, is a method of

exchanging digital messages across the Internet or other
computer networks. Originally, email was transmitted directly from one
user to another computer. This required both computers to be online at
the same time, a la instant messenger. Today's email systems are based
on a store-and-forward model. Email servers accept, forward, deliver and
store messages. Users no longer need be online simultaneously and need
only connect briefly, typically to an email server, for as long as it takes to
send or receive messages.
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Features description
Secure Sign-in - Your password is safe with HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)
encryption.

Spam Filter -The email service will block known spammers or suspicious emails, or it will
filter spam into a spam/ junk folder. Some services allow you to adjust the strength of
your spam filter.

Report Spam - If spam gets into your inbox, you can report the mail to the email provider
to help the company strengthen filters.
 
Virus Scanning - The email provider scans incoming and outgoing mail for potentially
dangerous threats like viruses, worms or Trojans.

Phishing Filter - The email service blocks phishing scams or will warn you if an email
resembles a phishing threat. Phishing scams are malicious emails that request personal
information like passwords and credit card numbers. They are designed to look
legitimate; however no legitimate company will ever ask you for personal information
through email or instant messaging.
 
Image Blocking - The email service will block an emailed image, because some viruses
can be transmitted through images.
 
Restricts Automatic Download - Attachments will not be automatically downloaded
when you open your mail. You must request to download them, because many viruses,
worms and Trojans can be transmitted through attachments.
 
Restricts Automatic Download - Attachments will not be automatically downloaded
when you open your mail. You must request to download them, because many viruses,
worms and Trojans can be transmitted through attachments.
 
Create Folders - You can create custom folders to help organize your email.
 
Black/ White Lists - You can create special filters, which will block or allow specific email
addresses or domains into your inbox.
 
Custom Filters - With custom filters, you can restrict specific email addresses, subject
headings or content from entering your inbox.
 
 Import Address Book - You can import your address book from another email account.
Often this is done manually using CSV or Tab Delimited.
 
Search Mail - The program provides a search feature to help find specific emails.

Address Book - You can create an address book or contacts list.

 
 
Sorting - By using filters, you can redirect incoming emails into specific folders like junk or
spam, work or family. Often you have to manually set up the filters.

 
Auto Reply - You can adjust your setting to have an automatic reply to every person that
tries to email you. This feature is handy if you are going out of town or on vacation.
 
Drag and Drop - You can drag and drop emails into specific folders.
 
Conversation View - The service will keep track of your conversations with various people
by sorting and presenting all correspondence with that person with easy tab access.
Gmail account
Windows live account
AOL account
Yahoo mail account
Disadvantage of Gmail
It lacks drag and drop
If you try to drag it. The message will show.
You can drag and drop in AOL and yahoo mail

Example: AOL
Dragging the message from inbox to save mail
After dragging
 Disadvantage of windows live
It Lacks Conversation View
This is how it looks like If you try to click the message
Windows live lacks auto reply

Example of auto reply in yahoo mail:

1. Click option
2. Click mail option
3. Click vacation response
4. Type your message
5. You can also use special response to send auto reply to specific person.
An auto reply will be sent to the sender.
You will still received the mail even if your auto reply is active.
If you try to send message using windows live (lacks auto reply), Windows

live will not receive the auto reply and at the same time yahoo mail will

not received the message sent from windows live.

Like Gmail windows live also lacks drag and drop.

It also lacks Conversation view

Disadvantage of AOL

It lacks sorting or filter.

Example of sorting or filter in yahoo mail:

· In the upper-right corner of your Yahoo! Mail page, click the Options link, then select
Mail Options from the menu.

The Mail Options page opens.

· On the left side of the page, click the Filters link.
· On the top of the Filters page, click the Add Filter button.

This is how it should look like.

Like windows live and yahoo mail, AOL also lacks Conversation View
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