Setting up a Gmail

Account & Email Safety

Keshav Nand
AP in MCA

Email Basics

Send & receive digital

messages and content
over the internet

Productivity Tool
Calendar
Address book

Web-based email can

be accessd anytime &
anywhere

Email Addresses

Format:

Username
@
Providers domain
Ex. peter101@yahoo.com

Free Email Account

Providers:

Yahoo
Microsofts Hotmail
Googles Gmail

Setting up a Gmail Account

Go to: www.gmail.com
Click here to Create your Account

Creating a Gmail Account

Enter a password
Enter or choose a security question or write your own.
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Creating a Gmail Account

Type in your birthdate month/day/year

Type in the word in the word verification box
Click on the I accept. Create my account button
You can either use Google as your home page or
a tab on your home page

Creating a Gmail Account

Congratulations
Click on Show me my account

Gmail Inbox for your Account

Notice the 3 email from Google in your inbox

3 tutorials explaining some of the features of Gmail.

Composing a New Message

Click on New or
Compose

Contacts

Like an address book

Contains email
addresses & contact
information

Properly Addressing a Message

Subject:

CC (Carbon Copy)

To include other people in an email

message

BC (Blind Carbon Copy)

Brief description

Addresses will not be visible to

other parties.

Attachments

Attach or Upload files

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Draft or Send

Draft:

Save it to send later

Send

Only click on when the

message is complete
and ready to go.

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Inbox

Shows all incoming mail you have received

Click on the email to read it.

All unread emails are usually marked in bold text

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Reply or Reply All

Reply

When you want to respond to an

email
New window will appear to
compose your message

Reply All

The message will be sent to all

parties in the email.
**Caution** Always check the To
box before hitting the send
button to avoid embarrassment of
sending it to the wrong people.

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Forwarding an Email

Forward

Share an email
message with another
individual

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SPAM or Junk Email

Spam

Carries viruses and fraudulent

scams
Do NOT open it

Move it to the Spam Folder

Do NOT open files with a

attachment that has a file
extension ending in:

.exe
.zip
.scr

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Folders or Labels

Folders or Labels

Allow you to organize

your emails for quicker
reference.

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Trash or Deleted Items

Deleted Items

To delete click on the

Delete Command
Once it is deleted from the
trash folder its gone

Trash Folder

Items in the trash folder are

accessible

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Protect Yourself from Phishing

Dont reply to emails that ask for

personal or financial information

Never call company phone

numbers listed in an email.

Never click links within emails

that ask for personal or financial
information

Dont email personal or financial

information

Use anti-virus and anti-spyware

software, a firewall, and spam
filters.

Avoid cutting and pasting links

from an email message into a
new browser window

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Phishing

Here is an
example of a
Phishing Scam

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Questions

Questions or Comments?

Patrick.therrien@mestate.lib.me.us

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