6.4 Email Basics
Subject
email field summarizes an email's topic. Tip: Subjects should be precise
Auto-signature
text automatically added to the end of an email, typically including a person's name, position, company, and/or contact information.
bcc
(blind carbon copy) email field indicates additional recipients whose email addresses will not be revealed to any other recipients (neither the To, cc, or bcc recipients).
cc
(carbon copy) email field indicates additional recipients: People to whom the email isn't directly intended, but who may want/need to see the email anyways.cc
An auto-signature is text that a user types at the bottom of every email message
False
The To field contains all recipients of an email.
False
The recipients of the To field will see the recipients of the bcc field.
False
An IMAP server is typically used to send and receive email
False; Modern emails systems use separate servers for sending and receiving email. An IMAP server receives email and allows a user to view those emails. A different type of server is used for sending new email.
_____ had the largest number of users in 2015.
Gmail
History of email
In 2015, the most popular email systems included Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, Outlook, and AOL. Among those, Gmail is the relative newcomer, starting in 2004.
IMAP
a common protocol for retrieving email messages via the Internet (short for Internet Message Access Protocol).
a message sent via computer from a user to other users, containing mostly text but sometimes containing additional items like images or attached documents
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
an Internet protocol for sending email. An SMTP server's name commonly starts with smtp, as in smtp.gmail.com.
In 2013, more than 150 _____ emails were sent and received each day
billion
Early forms of email appeared in the _____.
1960's
Body
The body of an email contains the main content
To
The main recipient or recipients
A person wishes to send an email to 100 friends. Rather than having a huge list of emails in the To list, the person can list him/herself on the To list, and put everyone else in the bcc list.
True
A user can view email messages from a variety of devices
True
Reading an email does not automatically delete the message from the email server.
True
The recipients of the To field will see the recipients of the cc field
True
smtp.aol.com is likely an outgoing email server used to send email.
True
