		Mastering Intranet and Internet Technology

Electronic Mail

Most likely the first application that a user will want or need.

Email Addresses
SMTP - Simple Mail Transport Protocol
Sending Binary Files
Using Electronic Mail
Acronyms, Emoticons and Smileys
Email Operations
Setting Up an Email Client
Email to Other Systems
Email Documentation

SMTP - Simple Mail Transport Protocol

Sending Binary Files

Can't set the Eighth Bit!
File Encoding Methods
- MIME
- UUENCODE
- BinHex

Using Electronic Mail

Mail Etiquette
DON'T SHOUT
FLAMES
Spoilers
Legalities

Acronyms, Emoticons and Smileys

See Some Internet Acronyms and Some Emoticons in the Appendix

Email Operations

What Internet Email DOESN'T DO that a good email package should...

Email System Attributes
Attribute Comment Internet?

Create Mail

Maintain Mailing Lists

Reliability NOT!

Inter-operability

Collection

Routing

Delivery NOT!

Store and Forward

Attach Files to Messages

Copies

Notification NOT!

Storage

MEssage Handling System (MHS) and X,400 Support

Setting Up an Email Client

Network Configuration
Package Configuration
Operations
Mail Boxes and Filters
Address Lists
Signatures
External Mailing

Email to Other Systems

	Service	Email Address	MCI	Compuserve		IBMMAIL		FidoNet		GEnie		BIX		AT&T		AppleLink		Others		X.400

Email Documentation

RFC 821 - Simple mail transfer Protocol
RFC 1341 - MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions): Mechanisms for Specifying and Describing the Format of Internet Message Bodies
RFC 1521 - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions - Part 1
RFC 1522 - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions - Part 2

Attribute	Comment	Internet?
Create Mail
Maintain Mailing Lists
Reliability		NOT!
Inter-operability
Collection
Routing
Delivery		NOT!
Store and Forward
Attach Files to Messages
Copies
Notification		NOT!
Storage
MEssage Handling System (MHS) and X,400 Support

	Last Update: 14/09/98	Web Author: Geoff May
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