Key Vocabulary for Basics Q7 Email

Email: A way to send and receive digital messages over

the Internet
Snailmail: an enveloe! letter or ac"age you send
through a ostal service with ostage #usually ta"es $%&'
days to be delivered(
Email address: your username)rovider*+++ the )
symbol is needed after your username! and the email
host or rovider of the account comes after that #eg*
)yahoo*com! )gmail*com! )"&$*mi*us(
Inbo+: ,he inbo+ is where you-ll view and manage emails
you receive*
.essage /ane: 0hen you select an email in the inbo+! it
will oen in the message ane* 1rom here! you can read
the message and choose how to resond with a variety of
commands*
2omose /ane: 1rom here! you can write an email to a
reciient*
3rafts: 3rafts are messages that you have comosed but
not sent*
4eciients: 4eciients are the eole you are sending the
email to*
Sub5ect: ,he sub5ect is a brief descrition of what the
email is about*
Signature: Signatures will aear at the bottom of every
email you send and often include your name and contact
information! li"e a hone number! website! or
rofessional title*
,rash: 0hen mail is moved to the ,rash it is to be
removed from your inbo+ and deleted
Sam: Sam emails often carry viruses or scams! so you
won-t want to oen6or read these messages*
/hishing: A tye of email retending to be from a ban" or
trusted source in order to steal your ersonal
information* .ight be an o7er saying free tic"ets! or
collect your winnings*
1olders: 0ebmail roviders let you create folders or
labels so you can organi8e your messages*
4ely: 0henever you receive an email! you can use the
4ely command to resond to the message*
4ely All: 9se the 4ely All command if you want to send
a message to everyone included in the original email!
including those that were coied on it*
1orward: 0henever you want to share an email that
you-ve received! you can use the 1orward command to
send the message to another erson*
2c stands for carbon coy or ma"e a coy and send it to
another individual you list
Bcc stands for blind carbon coy! it will coy it! but will
not show all the others you are coying it to
Attachment: an item you attach to your email! could be a
hoto! :le! or other item intended for the reciient to
oen* 2A9,I;<! don=t oen one from someone you don=t
"now and trust as there might be malware or a virus in it*
Emoticon: something used to reresent words such as
#:>( to show a smile or a tiny image to show how you feel
1ormatting: features you can use to ma"e your email loo"
better! be more helful! or ersonali8ed* E+amles:
Bulleted lists! hyerlin"ed web address! bolded te+t*