BTEC 2012

Unit 1 The Online World

Name: Kingsley Huang

Lesson 8 Email
(Student Book B Pg 8 - 10)

Starter What is email short for?

Email is short for electronic mail.
1. Explain the store and forward system.
The sender and recipients of an email message do not have to be online at the same time. When one
person sends a message, it is stored on an email server. It waits in store until the recipients signs in, at
which point the server forwards the message to them.
2. Explain the different fields highlighted in the picture below.

1.
2.
3.

1:
To field: where you enter recipients email address
2:
CC field: you can copy in additional email recipients using this field
3:
BCC field: you can copy in people to emails but hide their identities and email address from other
recipients by entering them in this field.
List five positive and negative aspects of using email.
Positive:

Negative:

speed of delivery

Privacy and security. People can hack

into your email

Costs. Unlike the conventional mail

system, there is no additional cost to
the standard broadband charges

spam
viruses

instant deliveries on a global scale

phishing scams

delivery to multiple recipients

internet access

attachments (e.g. documents and audio

and video files)

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3. Explain the following email protocols used.

Acronym

Protocol

Description

Simple mail transfer protocol

The internet standard used for sending message

across IP network in server-to-server transfers. Also
used by email users to send a message to an email
server.
Used to retrieve emails from an email server over a
TCP/IP connection. This is the most widely used email
retrieval protocol. Normally users download emails to
their local computer using POP3, deleting them from
the email server.
This is the popular email retrieval protocol. Normally
Users work on the emails as they reside on the email
Server using IMAP and do not download them.

SMTP
Post office protocol 3
POP3
Internet message access protocol
IMAP

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

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Unit 1 The Online World

Name: Kingsley Huang

5. Explain how you would add an attachment to an email message. Use bullet points rather
than writing a sentence / paragraph.

Plenary
a.

What does BCC stand for and how does it work?

BBC stands for blind carbon copy. You can copy in people to emails but hide their identities and
email address from other recipients.

b.

Who invented email?

The AUTODIN network

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