EMAIL BASICS

POP :	POP = Post Office Protocol / the method used by the Internet Service Providers to transfer data contained in email.
POP MAIL:	Generally an email account that uses an ISP's server to process and store email. The email accounts provided by Internet Service Providers (IPS's) generally require that you use an email client such as MS Outlook, Netscape Messenger, or Eudora (many others exist they require you have internet access either directly or through a modem. Web Masters POP box mail@sburtonservices.com
WEB MAIL:	Generally an email account that uses a web domain's server to process and store email. The interface (email client) is on the domains web site. Examples of web based email sites www.mail.yahoo.com and www.hotmail.com Web Master's web mail sburtonmail@yahoo.com
SENDING:
TO:	The field/Box that contains the address of the intended person or persons that you want to receive the email. Try only to include 1 person in this field. Multiple addresses are separated by commas (,) or semicolons (;). All of the addresses put here are visible to all recipients of the e-mail
CC:	"CARBON COPY" sends a copy of the email to all listed recipients showing the list of addresses. Multiple addresses are separated by commas (,) or semicolons (;)
BCC:	"BLIND CARBON COPY" sends a copy of the email to all listed recipients without showing the list of addresses. Multiple addresses are separated by commas (,) or semicolons (;). The contents of this field/box are NOT visible to all recipients of the e-mail
SUBJECT:	The Field/Box that contains a brief topic related to the content of the email. Use CAPITOL LETTERS to make your letter stand out in recipients list.
BODY:	The area of the email that contains your text and or graphics. The body also contains a reference to a potential attachment.
ATTACHMENT:	A file that rides along with the email. It is usually attached by a series of steps that let you browse to the file on your local system, for selection, and addition to the package of your email composition.
RECEIVING:
HEADER:	The area at the top of a received email that contains address and potential name information about the sender, and recipients. The header can also contain information about the route the email took through the internet.
SUBJECT:	The Field/Box that contains a brief topic related to the content of the email.
FROM:	The address and possibly name of the originator of the email
DATE:	Generally The posting date of the email.
REPLY-TO:	The address that should be used to reach the sender It is usually different from the from address

DON'T	DO'S
Open attachments from unsolicited senders, Remember this is a file that May contain a destructive program	Have a good up to date running anti-virus program on your computer.
use TO or CC to address you entire list (this is a giveaway)	Use BCC to send to a large number of recipients. (This respects your associates privacy).
Press send without reading your composition to yourself.. This is even a saving grace to a spell checker that won't catch the difference between from and form or too, two, to, and toe.	Use Your Spell Checker. With spell checkers build into most modern email clients their is no excuse to make a poor spelling presentation.
***	Send Graphics as JPEG or GIF, they are universally useable