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s a shor
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nter
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k;i
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argest
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wor
kint
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ld.I
nter
neti
sthei
nter
connect
ionofcomput
er
net
wor
kst
hatt
ransmi
tdat
abypacketswi
tchi
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nter
net
sconnectdi
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erent
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ernet
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ksi
nthewor
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tasi
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l
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tusest
hest
andar
d
i
nter
netpr
otocol
sui
te(
TCP/
IP)t
oser
vebi
l
li
onsofuseswor
ldwi
de.

Prot
ocol
I
nter
net
Protocol
Contr
ol
Tr
ansmission

CONNECTI
NGTOTHEI
NTERNET:
Thef
oll
owi
ngar
enecessar
ytogetconnect
edt
othei
nter
net
.
i
. AComput
erSy
stem,
PC(
Per
sonal
Comput
er)
i
i
. AModem (
Modul
atorDemodul
ator
)
i
i
i. Br
owserSof
twar
e(Mozi
l
la,
Oper
a,Chr
ome,
Int
ernetexpl
orer)
i
v. Subscr
ipt
ionwi
thanI
SP(
Int
ernetSer
vicePr
ovi
der
)

Resour
cespr
ovi
dedbyt
hei
nter
neti
ncl
ude:
1.E-
mai
l
2.Gopher
3.FTP
4.Usenet
5.Tel
net
6.Webpage
7.Websi
te
1.
E-
mai l
:meansEl
ect
roni
cMai
l,
iti
samet
hodofexchangi
ngdi
git
al
messages.
E-
mai laddr
ess:Thisi
sanident
if
iabl
eaddressonthei
nter
netthr
ough
whichelect
roni
cmessagescanbesent ,
recei
vedormanaged
el
ectroni
cal
lybetweenpar
ti
es(SenderorRecei
ver
).
Exampl
esofE-
mai
laddr
essesar
e:
1.Sadi
q4r
eal
@gmai
l
.com
2.abdul
l
ahi
hamdal
l
ah@gmai
l
.com
3.al
manar
basi
c@y
ahoo.
com

AnE-
mai
laddr
essi
smadeupoff
ourpar
ts:
i
. TheUser
name
i
i
. The@ (
at)
sign
i
i
i. Thenameoft
heMai
lSer
ver

i
v.TheOr
gani
zat
ionoper
ati
ngt
heMai
lser
ver(
domai
nname)

E.
g: abdul
l
ahi
hamdal
l
ah@ gmai
l.
com
Commonendingacr
ony mfore-
mai
l
addr
essesar
e:
.
com or.
co commer ci
alor
gani
zat
ion Somee- mailaddr
essesdispl
ayt
he
countr
ywher etheorgani
zati
oni
s
.
edu educat
ion l
ocated,examples:
.
gov gov
ernment .
gh Ghana
.
mil mi
li
tar
y .
za Sout
hAf
ri
ca
.
ac Academi
cinst
it
uti
on .
ng Ni
ger
ia
.
net Netornon-commer
cial .
bw Bot
swana
or
gani
zat
ion
.
uk Uni
tedKi
ngdom

.
in I
ndi
a

.
cn Chi
na

CREATI
NGANE-
MAI
LACCOUNT

Cr
eat
inganaccountenabl
esy
out
ohav
eane-
mai
laddr
esswhi
chcan
beusedt
osendandr
ecei
vemai
l
s.Somee-
mai
laccount
sar
ecr
eat
edwi
th
Yahoomai
l
,Gmai
l
,Hot
mai
l
,MSNe.
t.
candar
efr
eef
ori
nter
netuser
s.

Thef
oll
owi
ngst
epsar
erequi
redt
ocr
eat
eanaccountwi
thy
ahoomai
l
:

i
. Open anyi
nter
netbr
owserand t
ype www.
yahoo.
com i
nthe
addr
essbar
.

i
i
. Cl
i
ckonSi
gnUp

i
i
i. Fi
l
liny
ourper
sonal
dat
a.

i
v. Ty
pey
ourchoi
ceofe-
mai
laddr
ess

v
. Cl
i
ckoncheckav
ail
abi
l
ity
 v
i. Ty
pey
ourpasswor
dandr
e-t
ypey
ourpasswor
dtoconf
ir
m

v
ii
. Ty
pet
hev
eri
fi
cat
ioncode

v
ii
i.Cl
i
ckoncr
eat
emyAccount
/OK

SENDI
NGANDRECEI
VINGE-
MAI
LS
AnE-
mai
lmessagei
scompr
isesoft
he‘
HEADER’
andt
he‘
BODY’
.

E-
MAI
LMESSAGE
HEADER BODY
i
.Thee-
mailaddressoftherecei
ver(
‘TO:’
).
Thebodyofthee-
mailist
he
i
i
.TheSubjectorTitl
eofthemessage. cont
entoft
hemessage.
i
i
i.TheE-mailaddressofthesender(‘
FROM
:
’).

Tosendane-
mai
lmessage
1.Opent hemail
,e.
gty
pewww. y
ahoo.
com intheaddr
essbaroft
hei
nter
net
browser.
2.Loginwithy
oure-
mailaddr
essandpasswor
d.
3.Ty
pei
ntheaddr
essoft
her
ecei
veri
nthe“
TO:
”box.

4.Gi
vey
ourmessageat
it
lei
nthe“
SUBJECT:
”box.

5.Ty
pey
ourl
ett
erormessagei
nthebodyoft
hee-
mal
.

6.Cl
i
ckonsendbut
tont
osendy
ourmessaget
other
ecei
ver
.

NOTE*af t
erwr i
ti
ng e-mai
lmessage,y
ou can at
tach some f
il
esand send
ev
eryt
hingtoget
herify
ouwish.

Tor
ecei
ve/
readane-
mai
lmessage
1.Openthemai
l
,e.
gty
pewww.
yahoo.
com i
ntheaddr
essbaroft
hei
nter
net
br
owser.

2.Logi
nwi
thy
oure-
mai
laddr
essandpasswor
d.
 3.Cl
i
ckont
hei
nbox.

4.Sel
ectt
hemessagey
ouwantt
oreadandcl
i
cki
t.

5.Thef
ull
textoft
hemessagei
sdi
spl
ayed.
NOTE*Youcanchooset
o:r
epl
yto,
for
war
d,ordel
etet
hemessage.

Ot
herRel
atedt
ermsi
ncl
ude:
1.I
nbox:Wher
eincomi
ngmai
l
sar
est
ored.

2.Out
box:Wher
eout
goi
ngmai
l
sar
est
ored.

3.Tr
ash:Af
olderwher
edel
etede-
mai
l
sar
est
ored.

4.Dr
aft
:Af
olderwher
edupl
i
cat
edmessagesar
est
ored.

5.Sent
:Thi
sfol
derdi
spl
aysf
il
est
hatar
eal
readysent
.

6.Spam:Thi
sf ol
derstor
esi r
rel
evantf
il
es(
thaty
ouknow not
hingabout
)or
si
mplyf
il
esyoudidnotrequestf
or.