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WELCOME TO BASIC EMAIL

InstructorDonna DeMedicisDonna DeMedicis

♦ 22 Years of Library Service♦ BPL Support Staff In Opening The Regional Library Computer Center (Gates Foundation)♦ Instructor For Basic Publisher XP, Basic Email, Build Your Own Resume Classes♦ Computer Service Liaison For Automation Department @ Springville Road Library

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BASIC ELECTRONIC MAIL

What is Email?

Email is a text-based message exchange by computer users via a network.

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EMAIL ADDRESS

What is an email address?

Electronic mail works very much like postal mail.

You receive mail at your own “addressaddress” and you send mail to others at their addresses.

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USERNAME

username@provider.com

► You can choose any user name as long as that name has not already been registered by another subscriber.

► You can use part of your name, an alias or numbers.

User name is also known as User name is also known as member namemember name or or login namelogin name. . Hotmail uses : Window Live IDHotmail uses : Window Live ID

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@ SYMBOL

username@provider.com

The @@ (at) symbol separates your user name from the domain portion of your address.

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THE ( . ) SYMBOL

username@provider.com

This period or dot ( . ) separates the provider’s

name from the type of organization.

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TYPE OF ORGANIZATION

This identifies your provider’s type of organization.

Usually the provider’s type is one of the following:

EDUEDU Educational sites

COMCOM Commercial sites

GOVGOV Government sites

NETNET Network administrative organizations

MILMIL Military sites

ORG ORG International Organizations

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OUTSIDE the USA

Outside the USA, addresses also contain a two-letter suffixtwo-letter suffix for identifying the country where the server is located.

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SETTING UP AN ACCOUNTWe will use Hotmail as

our provider for today’s class.

The Hotmail site will be our post officepost office. We will go to the Hotmail web site to send or get our mail (messagesmessages).

www.hotmail.com

Click SIGN UP

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Windows Live Hotmail

Stay connected anywhere you have Internet access with your Web e-mail account

On the Web and on your phone: your e-mail is now wherever you are

Integrated Security tells you at a glance if an e-mail seems suspicious

A look and feel more like Microsoft Office Outlook, now on the Web

Click GET IT

FreeFree

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Sign up for Windows Live

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Create Windows Live ID

@ hotmail.com

Check availability

Example:

First two letters of first, middle, last name, favorite number)

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Choose Your Password

* Type password: (Six character minimum, case sensitive)

Powerword strength WEAK STRONG

* Retype password:

Strong passwords contain 7-16 characters, do not include common words or names, and combine three of these character types: uppercase letters, lowercase letters,

numbers, or symbols.

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Enter Password Reset Information

* Question :

Mother’s birthplace

Best childhood friend

Name of first pet

Favorite teacher

Favorite historical person

Grandfather’s occupation

Select one

* Secret answer : Five character minimum ; Not case sensitive

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Your Information

* First name

* Last name

* Gender

* Birth year

* Country/ Region

* State

* Zip code

Example : 1999

United States

Select one

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Type The Characters You See in this picture

Picture :

(Example)

* Type characters :

This helps us prevent automated programs from creating accounts and sending spam.

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Review and accept the agreements

Clicking I accept means that you agree to the Windows Live Service Agreement and Privacy Statement.

I accept Cancel

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Now that you have created an account, choose which way

you want to do email.

A fast simple way to read and manage mail

Classic

Give me the Classic version

Recommended for screen readers and high contrast

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Welcome to your Email

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Your Email Account

Write down your username & password. Never give your password out.

Inbox MessagesDelete Unwanted MessagesNEW to compose an email to SENDManage Folders (new to create) Move to

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SIGN OUT

Always sign out Always sign out of your email of your email account.account.

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Email Don’t ‘s

Do NOT write in all capital letters. WRITING IN ALL CAPS IS CALLED SHOUTING AND SIGNIFIES THAT YOU ARE ANGRY OR RESPONDING EMOTIONALLY.

Do NOT flame other students. Flaming is responding to a heated or touchy topic in the heat of emotions. If someone writes you a message that annoys you or makes you angry, compose a message but wait a few hours or a day before sending it. Once you hit the SEND button, you cannot retrieve your message.

Do NOT spam other patrons. Spam is unwanted, unsolicited email, often commercial in nature. Don’t sign other patrons up to receive offers and advertisements.

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Email Do’s

Think carefully before using the FORWARD command to send messages to other friends that have been forwarded to you.  Do so only when you know that the person you are forwarding to wants to read the message.

Delete messages you no longer need. They take up valuable space.

Do remember to sign out on public computers.

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How to Handle Suspicious email

1. If you think you’ve received a phishing email message, do not respond to it.

2. Report suspicious email.

3. Don’t click links in email messages.

4. Type addresses directly into your browser or use your personal bookmarks.

5. Check the security certificate before you enter personal or financial information into the web site.

6. Don’t enter personal or financial information into pop-up windows.

7. Update your computer software.

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CONGRATULATIONS!

You have successfullysuccessfully completed

Basic Email Instruction.

Sign up for basic computer classes @ your library.

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Basic Email PowerPoint Designer

Donna DeMedicis

revised February 2008