Topic 9 - Email

Cc means carbon copy

• You list the email addresses of people yoiu want to send a copy of the email to after the cc

Bcc means blind carbon copy

• This allows you to send copies of emails to others without them being able to see each other's email addresses

• Files can be sent with an email
• Useful for sending work from school/college to your home computer
• Can attach any type to file (e.g. image, word processing document etc.)
• Files are sometimes compressed before sending

Advantages of using email

• You can easily attach a copy of the senders message with your reply so they do not have to search for the original message
• Email is virtually free to send
• No need for the formality of a letter
• Emails can be accessed using a large number of devices
• They are more environmentally friendly, less energy is used delivering the mail

Disadvantages of using email

• Not everyone has a computer, so ordinary post is still used
• Junk mail is a problem
• The system relies on people checking their email boxes regularly
• Emails and particularly those containing file attachments can contain viruses
• Email is not secure, they can be intercepted and read - worries about security aspects

These precautions for the misuse of email include:

• Using email monitoring software
• Using parental control
• Email encryption
• Spam filters
• Anti virus software

Email abuse

• Cyber bullying
• Sending lots of personal email in frims time
• Innapropriate language/swearing
• Sending spam
• Attaching files containing viruses
• Innaproriate attachments (e.g. offensive jokes, *********** etc)