Chapter 2

 While writing this summary I was given the task of covering as much information as possible in a shorter amount of text, I hope. In this chapter, it will help teach us the workarounds and knowledge about email. Email messages are typically sent and received through network protocols such as "SMTP, which stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol,". This is one of the steps needed for an email to get sent to the internet. That’s what helps the email get sent to the other person on the other end. while POP (Post Office Protocol) handles incoming messages and IMAP, short for Internet Message Access Protocol, is used to fetch mail messages from remote servers or large local networks.

 If I were to want to get mail sent to me from the server from my device. For me to send and receive emails, I would need email software, also known as an email program. It will be designed to help compose, receive, send, and organize whatever is needed.

 An email address acts as an online ID, it lets people freely connect to you if they have your email. It's usually created with two parts attached to it. Which are usually a specific name/place and numbers. or first name, last name which is more professional when asked for in a work field/environment.

 An email usually has 2 parts. The top part is called the header, and the header holds all the fancy stuff about the message. Then, there's the body, where the real/useful information goes. At the end of it all, you should see a signature, This is because the person you sent the email to wants to make sure you are talking to them & will understand it's meant for you.

Sending emails 101 

The "From" line, well, that's where you see who sent the email. It's got their name and email address right there. The subject in an email is supposed to be a summary of what to expect, such as something such as “Meeting in room 2” a little When you see an Attachment, it will always be for an extra little something such as a video, picture, or a PDF file you want the other person to look at/fill out and send back to you. 

 These fields help you specify recipients, including those who should be aware of the email (Cc) and hidden recipients (Bcc). I personally never knew what (Bcc) was until class today I saw it when I sent an email and never knew to fill it out or what to fill it out with until today in class when you "Professor Weidner" went over it, now I know to stay away from it unless I need to since it's a lame thing to use

 You can save a message for sending or save it on the mail server. This is called a "draft". When you save it as a draft it will stay on the server until you click ready to send or even submit if it's for a class/work assignment. Printing messages is a standard feature on most devices if you're old school and want to hand them a document.

 Safety 101

 This involves providing some information and choosing a unique username and password that is somewhat challenging but not too hard for you to remember. and skipping "I mean reading" over the terms of service and privacy.

 Everybody hates spam, Don't have your main email on every site make multiple of them to lower the chance of them getting into your main account; as well as get with a good provider to contain the messages such as an anti-spam blocker within the service of choice, for example, I use "yahoo.com" they have a spam protection system for free which isn't the best compared to the paid version but it gets the job done.

 I used to forget to sign out at schools and local libraries and this once resulted in my account getting tampered with, so I suggest everyone make sure to fully log out of public devices since they aren't secure. Please make sure to sign out to make sure your account.

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