Chapter 8
It’s in the Mail: Sending and Receiving Email
In This Chapter
Dissecting the anatomy of an email address
Setting up email on your smartphone
Mastering the maze of mail servers 'n' stuff
Choosing an email program
Sending and receiving email
Finding email addresses
Safe email practices
Electronic mail, or email, is without a doubt the most popular Internet service after the Web, even though it’s one of the oldest and least glitzy. Although email doesn’t have the flash and sparkle of the World Wide Web, more people use it. Every system on the Internet supports some sort of mail service, which means that no matter what kind of computer you’re using, if it’s on the Internet, you can send and receive mail. Even some systems that aren’t technically on the Internet — think mobile ...
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