Communicate with E-mail

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Communicate with E-mail

• John Overbaugh

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Introduction

• Seriously involved for five years
• Been in Internet industry since 1995
• Been teaching Genealogy merit badge for four
  years
• http//www.isomedia.com/homes/johnover

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Goals of Class

• Discuss Internet and E-mail Security
• Introduce class to e-mail concepts
• Demonstrate effective use of e-mail listserves
• Demonstrate effective e-mail newsletters
• Show how how to find people via e-mail

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E-mail Clients

• Outlook
• Outlook Express
• Hotmail, Yahoo!
• Eudora

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Security

• Firewalls
• Software BlackIce, Symantec/Norton
• Hardware LinkSys, Cisco, etc.
• Operating System
• XP Pro or Server?
• Enable extensions
• IE Security
• Other Credit cards, passwords

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E-mail Concepts

• Folders
• Distribution List (DL)
• Listserv/Mailing List
• SPAM

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Listserves

• Rootsweb.com
• Familysearch.com

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Joining and using Mailing Lists

• Follow directionsvaries by list
• Lurk for a while
• Judge who is the expert
• Ask for helpGEDCOM, etc.

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Newsletters

• Rootsweb Review
• Rootsweb Missing Links
• Roots-L
• Gen-Newbie
• TreasureMaps

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Out of the Blue

• Find a name
• Send mail
• See what happens
• Get a mail
• Respond