This updated guide covers everything readers need to know about electronic mail. New to this edition is: advice on choosing a service provider; an updated guide to service providers; more information on LAN-based email; and the latest developments on Windows 95.
By:
Simon Pride
Imprint: Aslib
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 122g
ISBN: 9780851423777
ISBN 10: 0851423779
Pages: 65
Publication Date: 11 November 2004
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Professional & Vocational
,
A / AS level
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction - what is email?; uses of email; a brief history; internal mail - message transfer agent (MTA), user agent (UA), host-based mail, LAN-based mail, going it alone; getting connected - choosing a service provider, Internet service providers, hardware, modem, other communication methods, software, IP connection; Internet - sending Internet mail, addressing, not just mail!, mailing lists; FTP - Archie, sending and receiving files; include in message, PostScript and RTF, attached file, mail between networks, X.400; connectivity - to and from CIX, from CompuServe to, from Internet to, from X.400 to, CompuServe; services in the UK - AppleLink, BT mailbox service, CIX, CompuServe, Delphi, Demon Internet, eWorld, Geis, Mercury Link 7500, the Microsoft Network, UK ONLINE, other Internet providers.