Trash and Spam: If you want to get rid of an email, select it and click the folder icon again. To delete the email, choose the Trash option. After some time, you will likely receive junk email called spam. Most email providers have spam filters built in, but if you receive a spam email, you should move it to the spam folder instead of the trash. This teaches the spam filter to recognize junk mail in the future. Search old email: If you want to find a particular email, you can type a few keywords in the search bar and press “enter” to see all emails containing your search terms. Customize Your Account: Click the Options menu and choose Mail Options. Here you can set up your account preferences, create a signature, program email filters, and a lot more. Email Terminology Attachment: an uploaded file (picture, song, document, etc.) sent over email. BCC: short for “blind carbon copy.” Adding email addresses to the BCC line of an email is a way to email multiple recipients without revealing their email addresses to other recipients. This is good idea if you want to protect the privacy of your contacts. CC: short for “carbon copy.” Adding email addresses to the CC line of an email is a way to send a copy of an email to someone who is not the main recipient. Use CC to keep people informed of topics they may have an interest in. Contact List: a list of people you communicate with over email. Contact lists can include names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, usernames, and more. Draft: an unfinished and unsent email. A draft is saved in the draft folder. Email: a way to exchange electronic messages over the internet. Email Address: identifies where email is sent. Every email address has three parts: username, @ symbol, and a domain name (i.e. gmail.com). Emoticon: a small icon, usually a face, representing an email writer’s emotion. Emoticons are often used to casually set the tone of a message.
Trash and Spam: If you want to get rid of an email, select it and click the folder icon again. To delete the email, choose the Trash option. After some time, you will likely receive junk email called spam. Most email providers have spam filters built in, but if you receive a spam email, you should move it to the spam folder instead of the trash. This teaches the spam filter to recognize junk mail in the future. Search old email: If you want to find a particular email, you can type a few keywords in the search bar and press “enter” to see all emails containing your search terms. Customize Your Account: Click the Options menu and choose Mail Options. Here you can set up your account preferences, create a signature, program email filters, and a lot more. Email Terminology Attachment: an uploaded file (picture, song, document, etc.) sent over email. BCC: short for “blind carbon copy.” Adding email addresses to the BCC line of an email is a way to email multiple recipients without revealing their email addresses to other recipients. This is good idea if you want to protect the privacy of your contacts. CC: short for “carbon copy.” Adding email addresses to the CC line of an email is a way to send a copy of an email to someone who is not the main recipient. Use CC to keep people informed of topics they may have an interest in. Contact List: a list of people you communicate with over email. Contact lists can include names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, usernames, and more. Draft: an unfinished and unsent email. A draft is saved in the draft folder. Email: a way to exchange electronic messages over the internet. Email Address: identifies where email is sent. Every email address has three parts: username, @ symbol, and a domain name (i.e. gmail.com). Emoticon: a small icon, usually a face, representing an email writer’s emotion. Emoticons are often used to casually set the tone of a message.
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