EMAIL 101:Basics

Phishing

A type of email pretending to be from a bank or trusted source in order to steal your personal information. Might be an offer saying free tickets, or collect your winnings.

Trash

When mail is moved to the _____ it is to be removed from your inbox and deleted

Reply

Whenever you receive an email, you can use the ______ command to respond to the message

BCC Benefits

Saves time - You don't have to send separate messages to each individual address. Good Netiquette - prevents the other email addresses from being captured by someone in the list who might use them for spamming purposes.

CC Benefit

Saves time - you don't have to send separate messages to each individual address

Inbox

The _____ is where you'll view and manage emails you receive.

Reply All

Use the __________ command if you want to send a message to everyone included in the original email, including those that were copied on it.

Drafts

______ are messages that you have composed but not sent.

Subject

The _________ is a brief description of what the email is about.

Forward

Whenever you want to share an email that you've received, you can use the ___________ command to send the message to another person.

Spam

____ emails often carry viruses or scams, so you won't want to open/or read these messages.

Cc

______ stands for carbon copy. When you send an email message, you typically type the recipient's address in the "To:" field. When an email has information that is relevant to one or more other people, use the "Cc:" field to add additional addresses.

Bcc

_______ stands for blind carbon copy. When a message is blind carbon copied, the main recipient and Bcc'd recipients can not see the addresses in the "Bcc:" field.

Recipient

______________ are the people you are sending the email to.

Signature

______________ will appear at the bottom of every email you send and often include your name and contact information, like a phone number, website, or professional title

Attachment

an item you attach to your email, could be a photo, file, or other item intended for the recipient to open.