Electronic Mail (Email)

Email has long been the most widely used Internet application. For some people, it is also their most frequent form of communication. Email is also the technology underlying mailing lists. The following sections provide more information:

• Email History

• Timesharing computers
• SNDMSG & READMAIL
• RD
• NRD
• WRD / BANANARD
• MSG
• MS / MH
• RFC 773
• MMDF
• Sendmail
• Commercial Email
• Online Services

• How Email Works

• Email Addresses
• Email Servers
• Email Client Protocols
  
  
  • Post Office Protocol 3
  • Internet Message Application Protocol
  • Messaging Application Protocol Interface
    
    
• Email Use

• Email Client Applications
• Email Program Configuration
• Email Addressing
• Email Subjects
• Email Composition
• Sending Email
• Reading Email
• Replying To Email
• Forwarding Email
• Saving Email
• Deleting Email

• Advanced Email Use

• Deciphering Email Dates
• Email Attachments
  
  
  
  • Encoding Email Attachments
  • Sending Email Attachments
  • Receiving Email Attachments
  • MIME Email Attachment Encoding
    
    
• Text Standard Format (TSF)
• Blind Carbon Copy (BCC)
• Email Signatures
• Email Address Books
• Email Address Groups
• Redirect Email
• Filtering Email
• Email Receipts
• Find Email Addresses
• Find Email Penpals
• Web Email
• Email Reminder Services
• Change Your Email Address
• Check Email On The Road
• Back Up With Email
• Email Games
• Internet Access Through Email
• Compact Mailboxes

• Key Email Features

• Email Is A Push Technology
• Email Waits For You
• Email Is One-To-Many
• Email Is Almost Free

• Email Security

• Confidentiality

• Email Help

• Email Connection Problems
• Email Address Errors
• Messed Up Email Formatting
  
  
  
  • Why Email Formatting Gets Messed Up
  • Fix Messed Up Email Formatting
  • Messed Up Formatting Macro
    
    
• Email Spam
• Email Viruses
• Delayed Email
• Rescue Email Attachments

• More Email Information

• Email Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
• Email Request for Comments (RFC's)
• Email Newsgroups.