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Intro to the Net - Day 3 (email)

Goals

Learn the difference between web-based and POP-based email
Learn about the major web-based email systems
Learn about the major POP clients
Download, Install, and Configure an email client
write, deliver, pick up, reply to and forward email.
Make additional mail folders
Make a .signature file
Send a small file attachment

Email Systems

The older and more powerful way of doing email is with the traditional client/server model (the POP protocol for mail). In this model you can work offline after downloading the mail to your workstation.
Pros: orthodox, fast, more configurable
Cons: need to have a client to read mail from elsewhere (usually), have to set up client

what email looks like

Using good style is imperative. (other examples)

Common email clients are

Pegasus
Eudora (Lite and Pro)
Various Microsoft clients like Outlook and Exchange
built-in Netscape mail client

The newer, more-limited web-based email model.
Pros: Can be read from anywhere
Cons: Difficult to use, not easily configurable, security issues?

Install a mail client

Pegasus The critical information will be provided by your ISP: username, password, domain name, mailserver.

Email Skills

Write new mail
Send, pick up mail
reply (watch for the >quotemarkers!)
forward
make additional folders
make a .signature file (SPECIAL | SIGNATURES?)
file attach a SMALL file

Cleanup

Uninstall pegasus.

Homework

Please read Lesson 3 to prepare for our final session

http://www.mousetrap.net/net.introduction/day3.html
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jason carr

Reminders

Classroom temperature can be wildly variable. Dress lightly and bring layers.
your username is based on the class title and the last two digits of your workstation's hostname.
remember to take your work with you.