Email – How it Works
The most commonly used application in the Internet is Email, in which users communicate with each other almost instantly. There are millions of Emails that are sent from one part of the globe to the other. Emails can be sent and received from all systems, whether it be a Windows PC or a Unix machine, even cell phones are able to send and receive Emails. Pictures or sounds can be sent along with text messages via Email, with the use of MIME.
Each email account has a unique address. A general format for an email address is:
Your-name@some-computer-name (example: dsmith@simplegraphix.com, dsmith@yahoo.com, dsmith@environ.org)
where ‘your-name’ is your username you use to log at the email server. This is followed by a ‘@’ sign and the name of the computer (or the domain name, if you like) on which your email service resides.
An email message consists of a header and a body. The header has the following information: Recipient email address, Senders� email address, Email address of the people to whom a carbon copy (Cc) and blind carbon copy (Bcc) is being sent, and the subject line. The main email message resides in the email body.
Emails can be sent by clicking the ‘Send� button.
