What is email??

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What is email??

• A simple introduction

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Ground mail
It goes by truck, airplane, or boat.
Mail goes to one special mailbox at one physical
location.
You write a letter and mail it.
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Email(Electronic Mail)
You write a message at your computer and send to
someones email address. Someone_at_somewhere.com
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The Server
A computer at Somewhere.com receives your message
and stores it on a computer called a FILE SERVER.
Your message stays on the FILE SERVER until.
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The person with the USER NAME SOMEONE starts up
their computer. They connect to the FILE SERVER
SOMEWHERE.COM and enter their PASSWORD.
The FILE SERVER at SOMEWHERE.COM sends the
message to SOMEONEs computer and they read it.
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Ground Mail vs. Email

• Written on real paper
• Moved from place to place in a truck, plane, or
  boat
• Can take from 3 days to 3 weeks to arrive,
  depending on distance

• No paper involved
• Written on one computer, goes to an intermediate
  computer (the FILE SERVER), and finally to a
  third computer.
• Needs electricity and network connection to work.
• Travels very quickly!!!

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Be Safe

• Do not use email without your parents permission
• Do not give ANYONE on the Internet your name,
  address, phone number, or age on the Internet
  without your parents permission
• Visit these websites for more safety information
• http//www.fbi.gov/kids/k5th/safety2.htm
• http//www.netsmartzkids.org/activities/nsrules/wh
  ofriend.htm

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Use your computer to practice typing these email
addresses

• mom_at_herjob.com
• dad_at_hisworkplace.net
• meyere_at_hayscisd.net
• webberw_at_hayscisd.net
• mickeymouse_at_disneyland.com
• gwbush_at_unitedstates.gov