E-mail is
the most widely used features on the Internet. You can exchange any message
with people around the world by using E-mail. Even with the multimedia
excitement of the Web, Electronic Mail (email) is the most frequently used
application of the Internet. Many people who have access to the Internet at
school, home, and work, use the Internet for no other purpose than to send and
receive email.
It’s all
very easy. You create the message, log onto the Internet, and send it. The
message first goes to your Internet Service Provider’s mail server, which in
turn sends it to the recipient’s mail server. On the way your message may go
through several servers, each reading the domain name in order to route it to
the appropriate server. The message then remains in the recipient’s mail server
until he requests it by “checking his mail”
E-mail address:
E-mail
address is the location of individual’s mailbox on the Internet. An email
address is required to send and receive email. Email address are different from
“snail mail” address. They usually consist of theree parts: a user name, and
“at” symbol (@), and a domain name. for example: ram@wlink.com.np
1. User name: ram
Located to
the left of the @ symbol, a user name identifies your account on the email
server that handles the email. For example,
Ram Khanl might choose “ram” as his username. However, someone may have
already chosen hemanta, so have some other choices ready. Choose a user name
that sounds professional and is easy to remember.
2. @
Means “at”
and separates your account name and the name of the mail server name. for
example, ram “is located at” wlink.com.np
3. Domain Name:
wlink.com.np
The domain name
usually consists of two pieces of identifying information. The first piece is
the name of the email server and is located to the right of the @ symbol. For
example, wlink is the name of the email server. The second piece, sually a
three-letter extension, indicates the top-level domain. They are seprated by
periods, called “dots.”
Pconsider choosing a user
name that protects your identity instead of your first and/or last name.
Top Level Domains
Top-Level
domains may help you figure out the type of organization the recipient is
associated with. See the cart below.
PIf there is a two-letter
extension, it is usually a country code. For example, Malaysia user “my.”
au = Australia
ca = Canada
np = Nepal
jp = Japan
us = United States
in = India
PBecause not everyone uses
top-level domains correctly, they are not always a reliable way to determine an
organization’s association.
E-mail program and features:
E-mail
program is that program, which helps to send, receive and manage your incoming
and outgoing message. Some E-mail programs are as follows:
1. Internet Mail (Comes with Internet
Explorer)-(offline)
2. Outlook Express (Comes with Internet
Explorer 5)-(Offline)
3. Yahoo mail (Online)
4. Hotmail (Online)
5. Gmail (Online)
6. AOL (Online)
7. Rediffmail (Online) etc.
Most email client software allows you to:
·
Display a list of received messages. Each
message header shows you who sent the mail, the subject line, the time and date
it was sent, and at times, the size of the message.
·
Select the message header and read the message.
·
Create new messages.
·
Reply to, forward, and delete messages.
·
“Attach” files (called attachments) to messages
you send.
·
Save the attachment you receive.
Some email clients offer:
·
Address book/Contacts: Use the electronic address
book to track personal information such as name, title, email addresses, home
and work addresses, phone numbers, and much more.
·
Newsgroup functionality: You can use your email
client to access Usenet, an online public bulletin board system (BBS). Usenet
features a broad range of discussion topics called newsgroups.
·
Calendaring: Schedule important dates,
appointments, tasks, and electronic reminders.
There are mainly 4 locations inside the E-mail programs:
1. Inbox : It
contains receiving mails.
2. Outbox :
When we send mails then it will store at Outbox folder at first.
3. Sent items
: After
sending mail, after connecting your computer to the
internet then it will store at sent items
folder.
4. Deleted
items : When we delete any unrequited mails, then it will store at Deleted
items folder.
But we can make other locations
(i.e. folders) as our requirements.
How to connect your computer to the Internet using Dial-up?
You can
connect your computer directly to the Internet by just double clicking on the
Internet Explorer icon form the Desktop or any available location. However, the
following process is also suitable for you.
1.
First contact to the service provider for getting
Internet line by double clicking on connect to.. (Service provider) icon on the
Desktop or inside the Dial Up Networking.
2.
Then Connect to dialog box will appear.
3.
Then type username and password and click on connect
button.
4.
Then Service Provider verifies the user name and
password. If given user name and password matches to the Service Provider’s
record then Service Provider gives the Internet line.