Email Basics Dayton Metro Library Place photo here August 10, 2015.

Email Basics

Dayton Metro Library

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April 19, 2023

What is E-mail?

What is E-mail?

• Electronic-mail – a way of sending messages between computers linked through a network.

What is E-mail?

• Why do I need an email account?

Username “At” sign Domain Extension

[email protected]

What is E-mail?

• Parts of an E-mail address

How E-Mail Works

E-mail service options

• Free Internet-based E-mail accounts accessible at the Library

E-mail service options

• (ISP) Internet Service Provider offers E-mail accounts as part of your home Internet service.

E-mail vs. Website

E-mail vs. Website

•@ - abbreviation of the word “at”.

• when used as part of a email address, it refers to the host or provider of the email service.

• http: - Hypertext Transfer Protocol • is a communications protocol. Its use for

retrieving inter-linked text documents (hypertext) led to the establishment of the World Wide Web.

• WWW - World Wide Web• refers to the internet.

Sign-up Requirements

• Create a User ID Unique and not already in use Requires a least 4 characters

• Create a Password Something you can remember Requires a least 6 characters Don’t use name or Yahoo ID Write down your password

• Create a Security Question Used to reset you password should you forget

• Accept User Policy

• Decipher the Captcha

• Complete registration within the time allotted.

CAPTCHA

First time user may be required to decipher the CAPTCHA code when creating an account. signing in for the first time or sending their first email message.

Email Basics

Dayton Metro Library

Place photo here

April 19, 2023