BTEC 2012

Unit 1 The Online World

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Lesson 8 Email

Starter What is email short for?

Short for electronic mail, the transmission of messages over communications networks.
1. Explain the store and forward system.
A technique common in messaging services where a data transmission is sent from one device to a receiving
device but first passes through a "message center".
2. Explain the different fields highlighted in the picture below.

1.
2.
3.

1: who you are sending the message to

2: In e-mail, a carbon copy is a copy of a note sent to an addressee other than the main addressee
3: Bcc stands for blind carbon copy which is similar to that of Cc except that the Email address of the recipients
specified in this field do not appear in the received message header and the recipients in the To or Cc fields will
not know that a copy sent to these address.
3. List five positive and negative aspects of using email.
Positive:

1- Emails are delivered extremely fast

2- Emails can be sent 24 hours a day,
365 days a year
3 -Webmail means emails can be sent
and received from any computer
4- Cheap
5- Emails can be sent to one person or
several people.

Negative:

1- The recipient needs access to the

Internet to receive email.
2- Viruses are easily spread via email
attachments
3- Phishing - sending an email to a user
falsely claiming to be a legitimate
company to scam the user into providing
information
4- No guarantee the mail will be read
until the user logs on and checks their
email.
5-Spam

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4. Explain the following email protocols used.

Acronym

Protocol

Description

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an Internet standard for
electronic mail (e-mail) transmission
SMTP

POP3

POP3 is a simple system with limited selectivity. Incoming messages a

attachments are downloaded when users check their mail. POP is typ
configured to delete the messages on the server after downloading.

IMAP

5. Use the space below to draw a diagram showing how email works. Use some of the key terms you have learn.

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6. Explain how you would add an attachment to an email message. Use bullet points rather than writing a
sentence / paragraph.

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Plenary
a. What does BCC stand for and how does it work?
b. Who invented email?
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