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,
employerschool you are assigned a user name that identifies you as the
indi!idual at that organi"ation #ho holds the e-mail account.
$our school e-mail address is% &'illian (ennedy& )*enned+i,ds-n.elearningontario.ca.
$our personal e-mail address is% _____________'ill,cogeco.net______________
Select one of the a-o!e and fill in the -lan*s -elo#%
$our user name is ________________'ill_______________
, separates the user name from the host name to allo# for multiple address at the same
host.
$our hosts name is ___________/ogeco________
Advantages of using e-mail are:
1. You can talk to friends and family without picking up the phone and calling.
2. It quick if you are usy.
!. "ood for work if you need to talk to someone that is far away.
#. You can send the same e-mail to more than one person at a time.
$oncerns regarding the use of e-mail:
1. %rivacy is not very good on e-mail.
2. You can get a lot of spam and &unk mail.
!. You could e talking to people that are not safe ecause you don't know them.
When #e con!erse, #e e0pect other people to o-ser!e certain rules of -eha!ior. 1he same is true
for e-mail, the most popular form of online communication. 2ere are a fe# pointers to help you
communicate more effecti!ely. In the space provided( e)plain why each etiquette tip should
e followed.
3. /learly summari"e your message in the su-+ect line.
1o ma*e it so people *no# #hat they are reading a-out.
4. 5o not use the // 6/ar-on /opy7 function to copy your message to e!eryone.
8ecause /ar-on /opy is so you can +ust let the other person *no# a-out the message -ut it9s not really that
important for them.
:. ;se the 8// 68lind /ar-on /opy7
So the other person you are sending the message to doesn9t *no# that you sent it to that person
to.
<. (eep your message short and focused.
E-mail is for short messages so people can read it quic* and reply as soon as possi-le so ma*e it
short and s#eet.
=. >!oid using all />PI1>? ?E11E@SAAA
>!oid using all capital letter so it is easy for the person to read.
B. 5on9t #rite anything you #ouldn9t say in pu-lic.
'ust -ecause you are -ehind a computer screen and you can9t see the other person or ha!e to say
it out loud doesn9t say anything that you #ouldn9t say in person -ecause it could get out or hurt
someone9s feelings.
C. ;se emoticonssmiley9s to ensure that your message is properly understood.
Sometime #hen you are using e-mail #hen tal*ing to another person the message can -e miss
understood and the person could thin* that you are mad or trying to -e mean #hen you aren9t.
D. >!oid sending e-mail to large num-ers of people unless you ha!e a legitimate reason to do it.
1here could -e confusions #hen you send an e-mail to more than one person all the time.
E. >!oid nasty e-mail.
5on9t say anything that you #ouldn9t say in person e!erything no# a days is o!er the e-mail or the
internet and sending nasty e-mails could really hurt someone.
3F. Include your name at the -ottom of the message.
So the people you are sending the e-mail to *no# #ho the message is from.