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Year 10

3. E-mail E-mail stands for Electronic Mail
Exam question: Give a definition of (2 Marks):
is messages sent between computers (1) across networks via Internet (1)

4. E-mail Facilities What are the different facilities E-mail provides?
Standard outgoing signature and message
Group
Using cc and bcc
Attaching files
Address books
Naming groups and folders.

5. Standard outgoing signature and message
A signature is text that you set up and appears at the end of your message.
It usually contains your name and contact details.
You can have any message you like.
Some people like to add a quotation.
You give your signature a name so you can reuse and have a choice.

6. Group
You form a group of people from all the people you send to.
You can then send to a particular group of people.
This saves lots of time.

7. Using CC and BCC cc means carbon copy
You list the addresses of people you want to send a copy of the to after the cc.
bcc means blind carbon copy
This allows you to send copies of s to others without them being able to see each other’s addresses.

8. Attaching files Files can be sent with an email.
Useful for sending work from school/college to your home computer.
Can attach any type of file (e.g., image, word-processing document, etc.).
Files are sometimes compressed before sending.

9. Address book Allows you to create a list of contact details.
If you want to send an to someone, you just click on their name and their address is inserted.
addresses of people who contact you can be added automatically.

10. Naming email groups and folders
Groups can be given names (e.g., People in my form, My teachers, etc.).
It is important to set up named folders for different types of .
This enables them to be found more easily.
Remember to back up s.