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Email Extras Plus!

This guide covers essential aspects of email management, including the setup of IMAP/POP clients, understanding cookies in web technology, and best practices for netiquette. Learn how to effectively use email clients without the need for downloading software, manage your address book, and handle pictures efficiently when creating sites. The guide also emphasizes the importance of politeness and clarity in email communication and explains the role of cookies in tracking user activity on websites, their safety, and privacy considerations.

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Email Extras Plus!

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  1. Email Extras Plus! Pepper

  2. Objectives • E-mail extra knowledge • Cookies • Picture handling when creating site

  3. IMAP/POP No e-mail viewer / need e-mail client Download to your PC Can write off-line Web Mail E-mail viewer built in No download Everything done on-line E-mail Server Type

  4. IMAP/POP setup • your e-mail address • name of incoming server • name of the outgoing SMTP server • your user and password

  5. Address Book • Automatically adds • New card / New list • Search through different lists

  6. Netiquette • Meaningful subject • Be careful – not private or secure • Be extremely polite and avoid sarcasm • Be concise – target first screen • Capital letters scream • Use BCC to copy a long list

  7. Netiquette continued • Avoid “Reply All” • Keep attachments small (under 50K) • Explain attachments • Run anti-virus • Check virus reports for hoaxes • Sign your e-mail

  8. Section A Chapter 6 Cookies: What is a “cookie”? Web Technology • Cookie – • Little text file a Web server puts on your computer Cookie: kris@hotbot.txt p_uniqid2ALtqeZk/LQMBPsmdAhotbot.com/086510796829316142126485289629248274* Page 285

  9. Section A Chapter 6 What is a “cookie”? Web Technology • Web sites use cookies to: • Track your path through a site • Provide information for ad banners • Retain info to help you next time Page 285

  10. Section A Chapter 6 Why do Web sites use cookies to keep track of my activity? Web Technology • To let the web server remember from page to page • Provide temporary storage space • Way to identify your requests from others Page 285-286

  11. Section A Chapter 6 Are cookies safe and private? Web Technology • Cookies are a relatively safe technology • Data, not computer program • Can only be accessed by site that created it? • Contain only information you disclose while using the site • Uses a randomly generated number instead of your name Page 286

  12. Section A Chapter 6 Does my computer have to accept cookies? Web Technology • Browsers will block, but site may refuse • P3P (Platform for Privacy Preferences Project) – defines security tags for cookies in their HTTP header Page 286

  13. Section A Chapter 6 Does my computer have to accept cookies? Web Technology Page 286

  14. Section A Chapter 6 How long do cookies stay on my computer? Web Technology • A web programmer can program cookie to “time out” • You can delete the cookies • Netscape uses Cookies.txt or Magiccookie • IE stores each in a separate file • Advanced: write protect your Netscape cookie file Page 287

  15. Section A Chapter 6 How long do cookies stay on my computer? Web Technology Page 287

  16. Picture loading time • Pictures take time to load • Slower connections • Reasonable picture size for web • Interlacing display • Thumbnails

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