1. Email Basics Dayton Metro Library Place photo here August 10, 2015

2. Today’s session we will review: What is Email How Email Works Email Service Options Parts of an Email Registration

3. What is E-mail?

4. E lectronic- mail – a way of sending messages between computers linked through a network.

5. What is E-mail? Why do I need an email account?

6. Username “At” sign Domain Extension JAD1960@yahoo.com What is E-mail? Parts of an E-mail address

7. How E-Mail Works When you send an E-mail message, your service provider sends it from server to server until it reaches the recipient’s server. The message remains on the recipient’s server until the recipient retrieves it. There is no charge for sending and receiving E-mail messages. If you subscribe to an Internet service ( ISP ) at home, your E-mail account is usually included in your monthly fees. The E- mail services we will show you are free and can be used at the library for no charge.

8. How E-Mail Works

9. E-mail service options Free Internet-based E-mail accounts accessible at the Library

10. E-mail service options ( ISP ) Internet Service Provider offers E-mail accounts as part of your home Internet service.

11. E-mail vs. Website

12. @ - abbreviation of the word “ at ”. when used as part of a email address, it refers to the host or provider of the email service. http: - Hypertext Transfer Protocol is a communications protocol. Its use for retrieving inter-linked text documents (hypertext) led to the establishment of the World Wide Web. WWW - World Wide Web refers to the internet.

13. Sign-up Requirements Create a User ID Unique and not already in use Requires a least 4 characters Create a Password Something you can remember Requires a least 6 characters Don’t use name or Yahoo ID Write down your password Create a Security Question Used to reset you password should you forget Accept User Policy Decipher the Captcha Complete registration within the time allotted.

14. CAPTCHA First time user may be required to decipher the CAPTCHA code when creating an account. signing in for the first time or sending their first email message.

15. Email Basics Dayton Metro Library Place photo here August 10, 2015

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