Chapter 4

inbox folder

A mail folder that contains incoming messages.

Draft folder

A mail folder that contains messages that have been created and saved without being sent.

Sent Mail folder

A mail folder that stores copies of outgoing messages.

Sent items folder

A mail folder that stories copies of outgoing messages.

Outbox folder

A mail folder that temporarily stores outgoing messages.

closed list

A mailed list that requires the moderator's approval for membership.

open list

A mailing list that automatically approves all requests for membership.

Trojan horse

A potentially harmful program that appears to be something useful, but actually does something damaging; sometimes distribution as an email attachment

email client

A program used to create, send, and receive email messages.

"Nigerian Sting" operations

Spam Messages that are fraudulent requests for money.

stock-manipulation schemes

Spam message encouraging unwary investors to buy a specific stock, thereby artificially inflating the stock's value.

phishing

Spam messages or malicious webpages that attempt to collect personally identifiable information, credit card numbers, bank account number, and so fourth.

chat room

Specific chat discussion that may be on a given topic or with a certain set of participants, also know as a channel.

channel

Specific chat discussion that may be on a given topic or with a certain set of participants, also known as chat room.

Network News Transfer Protocol

Used by Usenet to make information available through newsgroups.

newsgroup

Usenet topic groups.

social opinion websites

Websites that post user reviews for a product, movie, book, local restaurant, or local service provider.

content-sharing

Websites, allow users to post a webpage link or image bookmark to a public website, and then tag the bookmark with keywords or hashtags.

Deleted items folder

A mail folder that contains deleted message.

contact category

A list of contact to which you can refer collectively by a single name and to whom you can easily address a single email.

Junk email folder

A mail folder in which spam messages are automatically stored.

blind courtesy copy

A copy of a message that is sent to a recipient without that recipient's name or email address appearing in the message header.

courtesy copy

A copy of an email message that is sent as a courtesy to someone other than the recipients in the TO line.

attachment

A file that is transmitted along with an email message .

mailbox

A folder on the server that corresponds to the user name portion of the email address.

wiki

A group of webpages whose content can be edited, added to, or deleted by anyone with a web browser.

spam folder

A mail folder in which spam messages are automatically stored.

message rule

A rule in Windows Mail used to automatically move messages to specific folders.

worm

A self-replicating computer and email virus.

passphrase

A sequence of words separated by spaces that can be combined like a password.

online survey technology

A service that allows you to send a survey using email.

emoji

A small digital image or icon used to express an idea or emotion in an email message.

emoticon

A symbol or combination of symbols used to convey emotion in an email message.

VoIP(Voice over Internet telephony)

A technology used to make phone calls over the Internet.

user ID

A unique identifier, usually a name, initials, or a nickname; part of an email address that identifies the owner of an email mailbox on a server.

social tagging

Adding keywords or tags to website favorites posted to social bookmarking sites.

list owner

Administrating tasks to keep the mailing list running; a moderator.

newsreader

An NNTP client.

news server

An NNTP server used to store and forward newsgroup messages.

IMAP(Internet Message Access Protocol)

An email delivery protocol that provides mail management functions on the server.

POP(Post Office Protocol)

An email protocol that sources and downloads messages to a client.

watched conversation

An original Windows Mail email message and of its replies marked with a watch symbol.

spambot

Automatically programs that create fake email accounts or hack into and unsuspecting user's email account to send spam.

asynchronous communication

Communication technology that does not require user to be online as the time; examples are email, mailing list, and newsgroups.

Trash folder

Contains deleted emails.

signature file

Contains standard content, such as the name, title, and contact information of the sender.

Usenet network

Electronic bulletin board system.

list address

Email address used to send messages for distribution to mailing list subscribers.

HTML-formatted message

Email message text that can be formatted with buttons on the formatting toolbar, similar to the text in a word-processing documents.

web-based email service

Email service forums that are often hosted by a portal.

chat

Facility that allows two or more people to exchange text or multimedia message in real life, using either a special client or a web interface.

spam-filter services

Filters out and either block or move to the spam folder messages that do not meet certain criteria.

email marketing software

Helps organizes send email and track the success of a marketing campaign by keeping track of the number of times the email was read, how many times the recipients clicked a link n the email, and then finally how many times the recipients purchased a product or enrolled in a service.

flag

Icon marked on an incoming email indicating the message required attention.

Subject line

In a mail message, the line that contains a description of the message's content.

Bcc line

In a outgoing email message, the email addresses of recipients who receive a blind courtesy copy of the message.

To line

In an email message, the line that contains one or more email addresses of the message's recipient or recipients.

attach line

In an outgoing email message, the line that contains the file names of any attachment.

Cc line

In an outgoing email message, the list of email addresses of recipient who receive a courtesy copy of the message.

subscribe

Joining list to receive email.

moderated list

List directed by moderator.

unmoderated list

List in which a message goes out immediately to all subscribers in individual message format and is appended immediately to the digest to be sent later.

web-based discussion group

Online discussion forums that are often hosted by a portal

social media

Online tools that allows people to communicate, collaborate, and share over the Internet.

moderator

Person responsible for handling administrative tasks to keep the list running.

contact

Personal contact information, such as name, address, email address, maintained in a contacts folder for use with email, instant messaging , and other online communications.

social bookmarking

Posting a webpage favorite or bookmark to a public website for sharing with others.

instant messaging

Private means of exchange real-time message with others using the Internet.

lurking

Reading mailing list messages without posting to the list.

web-based chat

Real-time communication using a web browser instead of a special client.

troll

Refers to those who intentionally post inflammatory comments on a blog article.

posting

Sending messages to a list.

Short Message Service

Sending short messages to and from mobile phones, also called text messages.

text speak

Short abbreviated words

multimedia messaging service

Short messages containing text, audio, and video sent to and from mobile phones.

message header

The To:, From:, Cc:, Bcc:, Subject:, and attach: lines in an email message.

opt-in

The agreement of a customer to provides his or her email address to an email marketing list.

message list

The area of the Windows Mail window that shows a list of incoming messages.

contacts folder

The electronic address book for Windows Live Mail.

message body

The main text of an email address.

host name

The part of an email address that identifies that message recipient's mailbox and the server on which that mailbox is stored.

social networking

The process of maintaining connections with other people to share information or participate in activities of common interest.

blogosphere

The variety of blogs available is collectively

cyberbully

Threatening or harassing behavior that occurs over the Internet.

SMTP(Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)

To interact with mail servers when sending and receiving messages.

forward

To send an email message on to someone else.

synchronous communication

Two or more user online at the same time communicating with each other, also called real-time communication.

user name

Unique identifier for the recipient.