E-Mail

Electronic Mail
One of the most frequently used applications on the Internet today is
e-mail. When you sign up for internet access through your ISP,
employer/school you are assigned a user name that identifies you as the
indiidual at that organi!ation "ho holds the e-mail account.
#our school e-mail address is$ mcleod%l&ds%n.elearningontario.ca
#our personal e-mail address is$ im'a"esome()*&hotmail.com
Select one of the a%oe and fill in the %lan+s %elo"$
#our user name is mcleod%l
& separates the user name from the host name to allo" for multiple address at the same
host.
#our hosts name is ds%n.elearningontario.ca
Advantages of using e-mail are:
#ou can easily communicate "ith people instantly.
Send people a copy of the email secretly
Concerns regarding the use of e-mail:
Other people can find your email easily if you don,t hae security
Some people don,t hae internet and it,s required to use email
When "e conerse, "e e-pect other people to o%sere certain rules of %ehaior. .he same is true
for e-mail, the most popular form of online communication. /ere are a fe" pointers to help you
communicate more effectiely. In the space provided, explain why each etiquette tip should
be followed.
0. 1learly summari!e your message in the su%2ect line.
So people +no" "hat the message is a%out, it helps them organi!e their email, and so they don,t
delete the email thin+ing that it,s 2un+.
). 3o not use the 11 41ar%on 1opy5 function to copy your message to eeryone.
.his should %e follo"ed %ecause then the person that the email is for can see that eeryone +no"s
"hat you sent them. Instead use the 6cc.
7. 8se the 611 46lind 1ar%on 1opy5
.his is used so "hen you send an email to multiple people, the receier can,t see that you
sent the email to the people in the 6cc.
9. :eep your message short and focused.
People "ill pro%a%ly lose interest if the email is e-tremely long, so you can %e straight to the
point
;. <oid using all 1<PI.<= =E..E>S???
6ecause it can %e really annoying and it,s really immature so the receier of the email "on,t
ta+e you seriously
@. 3on,t "rite anything you "ouldn,t say in pu%lic.
6ecause usually something you "ouldn,t say in pu%lic is rude, "eird, or a "ord that not
many people li+e to use. So the receier might thin+ you,re immature and non-professional
A. 8se emoticons/smiley,s to ensure that your message is properly understood.
6ecause people can,t tell if you,re %eing sarcastic 4etc.5 "ith your "ritten "ords on the
internet. So if you say B#ou,re stupid? C people can tell that you,re not saying it angrily, %ut
in a fun/sarcastic "ay.
(. <oid sending e-mail to large num%ers of people unless you hae a legitimate reason to do it.
6ecause other people can see/ say that they got an email from one person %ut it "as sent
to a lot of other people, so people "ould thin+ that it,s spam mail and they,ll delete it
*. <oid nasty e-mail.
6ecause that,s a type of %ullying 4cy%er %ullying5 and people don,t li+e it, it sho"s disrespect
and it,s unprofessional.
0D. Include your name at the %ottom of the message.
So people +no" "ho the email "as from and people "ill most li+ely read the message %efore
they +no" "ho it,s from, so if they don,t li+e you they,ll read the message %efore they +no" it
"as you. It also +eeps the tradition of a formal letter %efore email. <lso some emails don,t
include your name, so haing you name at the %ottom tells them your real name.