Email

what is email? | what is an email address? | what you need

What is email?

Email stands for electronic mail and is a means of sending messages from one person to another using the Internet as your carrier, much like using the postal service. It has many similarities to a normal postal system. Every person who uses email has their own unique email address. When writing a message, the sender may refer to their address book to check what the email address of a friend is. They then write their message, include a return address, even a signature. Once the message is ready to be sent it is handed in to their mail server (post office) for delivery.

What is an email address?

An email address is a unique address which identifies you on the Internet. Addresses are in the form name@place (the @ symbol is pronounced "at").

Other examples:

ACTIVITY: (click on the right answer) A person with the email address georgemichael@hotmail.com ... works for the community organisation called "Hotmail" has an email account with the commercial US based company "Hotmail" has an email account with an Australian based Internet Service Provider

TIP- when sending emails remember to spell the name correctly - use the correct case and include all the full stops!

TIP - if you change your email address, don't forget to tell your learning facilitator - otherwise they will not be able to contact you!

What you need

In order to use email you will need:

1. an internet connection
2. an email account or address
3. a password

If you do not have an email account please refer to the "what you need" section by clicking here