BTEC 2012

Unit 1 The Online World

Name: Timothy

Lesson 8 Email
Starter What is email short for?
Electronic email
1. Explain the store and forward system.
Store and forward is a telecommunications technique in which information is sent to an intermediate station
where it is kept and sent at a later time to the final destination or to another intermediate
station.
2. Explain the different fields highlighted in the picture below.

1.
2.
3.

1: The person that you are sending the document or attatchment

to

2: All other recipients of that message can see that person you designated as a cc: recipient.

3: Bcc means blind carbon copy. For emailing, you use Cc when you want to copy others publicly

3. List five positive and negative aspects of using email.

Positive:

1Easy to send things to people

2. It is free

3. its mobility

4.time shifting

5.filtering

Negative:

1viruses

2.
Phishing

3.
spam

4.

5.

BTEC 2012
Unit 1 The Online World

Name: Timothy

4. Explain the following email protocols used.

Acronym

Protocol

Description

Simple mail transfer protocol

SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. SMTP is used when
email is delivered from an email client, such as Outlook Express, to an
email server or when email is delivered from one email server to
another. SMTP uses port 25.

SMTP

Post office protocol

POP3

OP3 (Post Office Protocol 3) is the most recent version of a standard

protocol for receiving e-mail. POP3 is a client/server protocol in which
e-mail is received and held for you by your Internet server.

Internet mail access protocol

IMAP

IMAP is the most recent protocol than POP. IMAP allows a two way
synchronization between the email client you use and your Zoho Mai
account. IMAP is also recomended when you want to access the same
account from multiple email clients.

5. Use the space below to draw a diagram showing how email works. Use some of the key terms you have learn.

BTEC 2012
Unit 1 The Online World

Name: Timothy

BTEC 2012
Unit 1 The Online World

Name: Timothy

6. Explain how you would add an attachment to an email message. Use bullet points rather than writing a
sentence / paragraph.
Open your e-mail program, launch a new message window and compose your message. 2. Click the attachment
icon (the paper clip) or insert the file by selecting from the drop-down menu. 3.Browse your hard drive or
removable disks to locate the file you want to attach

Plenary
a. What does BCC stand for and how does it work?
b. Who invented email?
a. Bcc stands for blind carbon copy which is similar to that of Cc except that the Email address of the recipients
specified in this field do not appear in the received message header and the recipients in the To or Cc fields
will not know that a copy sent to these
address.
...................................

b. An Indian-born scientist is waging a campaign for recognition as the 'child inventor' of email. Shiva
Ayyadurai, a 50-year-old United States-based bio-scientist, has published a book challenging claims that the
American computer programmer Ray Tomlinson invented email and asserting his own claim as its
creator.
...................................