Gmail_Part_One

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Introduction

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Electronic mail or email for short is a system for sending messages over computer networks. Email has been made freely available by services such as Gmail and has become one of the world’s most widely used methods of communication. With email, you can send text and image-based messages in electronic form. This can include sending messages to people on the other side of the world in seconds. What is Email?

How Do I Begin? : 

To begin using email, you must first register for an email account with an email provider. Your email provider will provide you with an email address, which is a unique address that you will use to send and receive messages. An email address contains a username followed by the @ symbol and then the domain name. The domain name is usually the service provider you have chosen. In this class, Gmail will be your provider. How Do I Begin?

Other Free Providers Include: : 

Other Free Providers Include: Yahoo Windows Live Hotmail AOL …and many, many more. Free Email Providers Guide: http://www.fepg.net/index.html

Attaching Files : 

Attaching Files Email also allows for “attaching” of digital files in the form of images, videos, music files, documents, spreadsheets and much more. In fact, anything that can be saved to a file on a computer theoretically can be attached to an email and sent to another email address.

A Few Benefits of Gmail Email : 

A Few Benefits of Gmail Email It’s FREE! Can be accessed from any computer in the world that has a Web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.) Great for people that do not own a computer but are able to access one, such as the Newark Senior Center lab, the library, or a friend or relative’s computer. All free email services tend to add a "tagline" advertisement at the end of outgoing emails but Gmail does not. If you have a Gmail account, you can also use many of Google’s other free services.

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Get Your Gmail Account

First Time - SignUp : 

First Time - SignUp Using your Internet browser, go to: http://mail.google.com

Choosing Your Username : 

Choosing Your Username You can use just initials for your first and last names. I do not recommend using your full real name. However, to identify yourself to friends, you may want to use a real first name or nickname.

What’s Your Username? : 

What’s Your Username? Take the time now to write down your username that was accepted…finally!

Choosing Your Password : 

Choosing Your Password Print Your Password on the below line:

Choosing Security Question : 

Choosing Security Question

Agree to Terms of Service : 

Agree to Terms of Service

Show Me My Account : 

Show Me My Account

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…Here We Go…

Open Your First Message : 

Open Your First Message

Important Areas in Messages : 

Important Areas in Messages

Compose a New Message : 

Compose a New Message

Adding a CC: : 

Adding a CC:

What is a CC? : 

What is a CC? (Carbon Copy) The field in an e-mail header that names additional recipients for the message. A verbatim copy of the message is also sent to all the addresses listed in the Cc: field, though. There can be more than one email address in this field, and they all get a copy. To enter more than one address in the Cc: field, separate them with commas.

The Shortcomings of Cc: : 

The Shortcomings of Cc: When you send a message to more than one address using the Cc: field, both the original recipient and all the recipients of the carbon copies see the To: and Cc: fields including all the addresses in them. This means that every recipient gets to know the email addresses of all the persons that received your message. This is usually not desirable. Nobody likes their email address exposed to the public.

Example of What NOT to do : 

Example of What NOT to do

Adding a BCC: : 

Adding a BCC:

What is a BCC? : 

What is a BCC? Short for blind carbon copy, a copy of an e-mail message sent to a recipient without the recipient's address appearing in the message. Most email programs include the bcc function. When you enter addresses in the bcc field, the email addresses of the recipients do not appear in the message. This is useful if you want to copy a message to many people without each of them seeing who the other recipients are.

Adding Emoticons : 

Adding Emoticons

What is an emoticon? : 

What is an emoticon? An emoticon is a symbol or combination of symbols used to convey emotional content in written or message form. The word is a combination of the English words emotion (or emote) and icon.

Sign Out : 

Sign Out

Close Your Browser : 

Close Your Browser

Exercise Time : 

Exercise Time Close your browser. Take a short break – stand up, stretch, move around, and SMILE.

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Sign In and Send a Message

Sign In to Gmail : 

Sign In to Gmail Open Your Browser Go to: http://mail.google.com OR….You can…….

Sign In to Gmail From Google : 

Sign In to Gmail From Google Open Your Browser Go to: http://www.google.com

Compose Mail : 

Compose Mail

It Should Look Like This : 

It Should Look Like This

Check Your “Sent Mail” Folder : 

Check Your “Sent Mail” Folder

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Reply to Messages

Reply Options : 

Reply Options

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Thanks for coming!