Email Flash Cards

Attachment

A document, image, figure, or other file that you can attach to an e-mail message

E-Mail Address

A three-part address you use to send someone a message on a network

Electronic Mail

Easy and fast transmission of electronic messages over networks, used in most business organizations as their primary means of written communication

Closing

Final line or lines of an email, example: "John" or "Thanks, John"

Netiquette

Good manners and proper behaviors when communicating through electronic media

Subject Line

Includes the subject of the email and should be typed in all caps or in title case

Block Format

No indentations and one blank line separating each paragraph

Greeting

Opening line to an email, example: "Dear Amelia"

Reply

Original message is included along with your reply to the message, RE: precedes the text in the subject line

Reply All

Replies to all recipients of a group email (except Bcc recipients), original message is included along with your reply to the message

Courtesy Copy

Sends a copy of an email to a person other than the recipient by including their email on the Cc line

Blind Copy

Sends a copy of an email to a person where the recipient of the Bcc is not visible to the other people receiving the message

Forward

Sends a message to people other than the original sender

Signature

Text or graphics added to the end of e-mail messages

User Name

The 1st part of an email address and the name of the individual user

@ Symbol

The 2nd part of the email address that separates the user's name & domain

Email Provider's Domain

The 3rd part of the email address that identifies the company which provides the email service

Body

The content of the email, should be written in block format

To

The recipient's (or recipients') address(es)