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How E-mail Works on the Internet |
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Like a postal address, an
e-mail address specifies the destination of an electronic message.
- An Internet e-mail address looks like this: user name@domain name
- The user name is a unique name that identifies the
recipient.
- The domain name is the address.
Many people can share the same domain name.
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E-mail is sent and received through electronic
"post offices" known as mail servers.
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To read your e-mail, you download it from the mail
server. For web-based e-mail services, like Hotmail, you can read your messages directly from a web page.
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Once you enter the address of the recipient, compose your message, and
click Send, your e-mail software handles the delivery.
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If the message isn't delivered, because of an incorrect address for
example, you typically receive a message explaining why.
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