Computer email questions

it causes people to search for and delete important files

An email containing a virus hoax is dangerous because-

False

Any email that you send is private, and it cannot be read by anyone other that the person whom it is addressed

False

Emails are completely private

True

It is a good idea to obtain and email account that is not tied to your ISP, so that when you change service providers you won't lose your email account.

Web-based

The type of email that is managed by your browser and enables you to access your email from anywhere you have Internet access is - email

Captcha

When you set up a new email account, you may have to enter a distorted series of letters and numbers, called a -, to ensure that you are a human and not a computer.

Thread

a conversation that takes place on a discussion board is called a -

use abbreviations such as "u", "r", and "BRB" to keep the email message shorter

all of the following are tips for professional e mail etiquette, EXCEPT

Computer Fraud

an email claiming that you have won a lottery might be an example of -

Pinshing

an email supposedly from you IT department asking for your password so that is can troubleshoot your account is a form of

HTML

if you want to send and receive email messages containing images and formatted text, you need to ensure that you email program is configured to read - email messages

Which of the following is NOT true about email?

it cannot be accessed by hackers

True

once a computer is infected, a virus can use the email program to send out copies of itself

False

one disadvantage to using a webmail interface is that you can only access your email from your computer at home

True

one way to access email is to read it online through a webmail interface

Spam

unwanted or junk email is called

bcc

when you are sending one email to all of your friends in your address book, you should use the - field to keep their addresses private

Reply All

when you receive and email, and you want to reply back to the sender and all of the addresses that were included in the original messages, you should use-

true

when you send an email to your professor, a server holds onto that email until the professor request it

True

with a client based email account, such as Microsoft Outlook, you are able to view your email only from the computer on which the client program is installed