Blackboard

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Blackboard

• To Log In
• Go To http//bb5.murraystate.edu
• Click On Login
• Username Firstname.Lastname
• Password Last 4 digits of S.S.
• View often for assignments, notes, grades,
  important dates messages.

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WebMail

• To Log In
• Go tohttp//campus.murraystate.edu
• Click on WebMail
• Username firstname.lastname
• Password Last 4 digits of SS
• Use for correspondence within this course.

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Chapter 1

• E-Mail

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E-Mail

• Advantages
• Convenience
• Speed
• Inexpensive
• Saves on natural resources
• Not limited to text

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E-Mail

• Disadvantages
• Not all have access to e-mail
• Junk mail (spam)
• Lack of Privacy (Forward)
• Encourages poor writing

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Responding to Email

• Its too easy to quickly send an email before
  thinking clearly about what you have written.
• At times its best to wait a few days.
• You dont have to respond to every email.
• Keep track of how much time you spend on email.

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Keep in mind different forms of writing

• Formal
• Informal
• Develop more than one voice

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Terms

• Userid (user name or account name)
• Passwords
• Include characters that make a password difficult
  to guess.
• Your password should
• Be greater than 5 characters long
• Consist of a string of characters not found in a
  dictionary
• Consist of non-alphabetical symbols ()
• Consist of numbers
• Possess uppercase and lowercase letters.

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E-mail Addresses

• Username_at_hostname.domain
• Username identifies the individual
• Hostname.domain location of
• individuals mailbox
• Hostname.domain specifies the computer (mail
  server) on which the mail of username is
  stored.
• The domain can consist of subdomains.
• Username_at_hostname.subdomain.domain
• Ex. ann.jones_at_unl.faculty.edu

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Top-Level Domain Names

• com commercial business
• edu educational institution
• gov U.S. government
• int international entity
• mil U.S. military
• net networking organization
• org non-profit organization
• Etc.

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Country-Level Top Domain Names

• uk - United Kingdom
• jp - Japan
• au - Australia
• Etc. -- see text.
• Example email address
• ksmith_at_nottingham.uk

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Compare E-Mail addresses with mailing addresses

• John Doe
• 101 E. 13th
• Franklin, ND 50022
• USA
• Note The address becomes more general from top
  to bottom

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Compare E-Mail addresses with mailing addresses

• John.Doe_at_marketing.Landsend.com.uk
• UK United Kingdom (Country-top-level domain)
• Com commercial (Generic-top-level domain)
• Note The address becomes more general from left
  to right.

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E-mail Aliases

• A name thats easy to remember that is associated
  with an email address.
• Enter Ann in place of Ann.miller_at_unl.edu
• Each mailer is different but youll use features
  such as, address book or nickname.

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Components of an E-Mail message

• From From whom the message was sent
• To To whom the message was sent
• Send to more than one person by separating the
  addresses by commas

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Components of an E-Mail message

• Subject What the message is about
• Short and to the point.
• Cc Carbon copy to another user
• This address shows up in the message
• Bcc Blind carbon copy to another user
• This address does not show up in the message

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Components of an E-Mail message

• Date shows time sent
• Ex. Tue. 29 May 2001 10040 - 0300 (EST)
• was sent 40040 GMT
• GMT Greenwich Mean Time
• Greenwich England where standard time is kept.

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Netiquette

• Formal vs. Informal
• Emoticons -- -) -)
• Capital letters SHOUTING

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Flame

• Nasty response

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Features

• Forward forward the message on to another
  address.
• Reply reply to sender only
• Reply to all reply to every address listed on
  the to line.
• Attach append a file to a message

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Host

• Any computer on the internet
• Internet Host

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Client

• Computer from which information is sought

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Server

• Computer from which information is sent

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Mailer

• software that enables you to compose read
  e-mail.
• Also referred to as email program, mail
  application, mail client

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Mail Server

• computer used to receive, store and deliver
  e-mail.

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Mailbox

• disk file that is formatted to hold e-mail and
  information about the emails
• Uniquely identified by the username

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Protocol

• set of rules that computers use in order to
  communicate with one another.

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TCP/IP

• Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
• All computers on the Internet run these two
  protocols.
• Used for preparing data for transmission and for
  the actual transmission of data.
• More on this later.

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Email requires two programs/protocols

• one handling incoming email
• one handling outgoing email

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SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

• used for outgoing mail
• used by a mail server to send a message.

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POP IMAP

• used to deliver incoming mail
• used by a mail server to deliver a message.

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POP Post Office Protocol

• Mail is stored on a server (computer) and then
  forwarded on to the clients computer when
  requested.
• Referred to as Store Forward
• Drawback cannot access email from different
  locations once the mail is deleted from the
  server.

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IMAP

• Interactive Mail Access Protocol (Internet
  Message Access Protocol)
• E-mail is left on the server
• webmail
• hotmail
• yahoo

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MIME Protocol Multipurpose Internet Mail
Extension

• Makes it possible to send files (binary files)
  other than just plain text (ASCII files).
• Makes it possible to send attachments.