Ned 11 Module 2 tasks

EMAIL TASK


1: What information about a user's email, the origin of a message, and the path it took, can you glean from an email message?

An email address to me is like a drivers licence or passport it is basically your personal identification, mostly u can pretty much get a fair idea about where emails come from just from the address itself, firstly alot of people use there own names as the username which gives u a name, second the domain name gives u a general idea of what service they are using to email such as yahoo,hotmail,gmail or even the outlook express on a windows computer and where abouts in the world the mail came from. example .com,.com.au,.net etc.

2: In what cases would you find it useful to use the 'cc', 'bcc' and 'reply all functions of email?

I guess the biggest use for cc and bcc and reply all would be for big bussines,
so they can send company newsletters,memos etc. but i generally alot of ppl use the reply all feature especially for those funny emails that get sent around alot, i use cc if i find something on the net i wanna show a friend or such. bcc would be used by ppl not wanting everyone knowing what there sending ppl i guess me personalily ive never used it.

3: In what ways can you ensure that an attachment you send will be easily opened by the receiver?

Firstly if u can find out if the recipeant of your email has the software needed to open whatever it is your sending. If u dont know if the recipeant has the software they would need to read your file the best option is to send it in a format such as plain text (ASCII) or rich text file, RTF at least this way you can be sure whatever your sending can be looked at. Also a good tip to is if u have a large file that needs sending try to archive or zip it which is basically compressing the file down to fit.
Also it can be a good idea just to mention in the subject that u have attached a file and what format its in atleat that way the aother person has some idea what they need to view it.

4:What sorts of filters or rules do you have set up, and for what purpose?

Basically a filter is exactly what is says it makes you able to filter messages and moce them to where ever you want or to even let you know whats spam.whats dangerous and whats not. u can do this in the tools section of most emailing applications and you will usually get 3 main options to choose through which are.
"Select the condition of your rule" Select the actions of your rule" and "Rule description" ok so pretty much with "condition" you can specify if the email has specific people in the subject line or body, or specfic words. in the rule actions part you can tell it to move to another folder.forward to another person,copy or delete and the rule desription part shows u what u have done. example "apply this rule after the message arrives where the from line contains specific words move to the specified folder.

5:How have you organised the folder structure of your email and why?

Haha good question lol i use hotmail and to be honest dont really change any of the settings lol i should prop think about doing that.

LISTS

1:What are the pros and cons of email lists versus discussion boards?

From my experience there isnt really many pros and cons between these two there pretty much the same, the only real differance that i can tell is that newsgroups are decentralized so it uses many different servers all over the world. Discussion boards however are only set up using the one server by the person who usually created the discussion board itself.

2:Are there certain kinds of communication or purposes more suited to one than the other?

There are many kinds of communication such as email,newsgroups,dicussion boards,instant messaging services etc it all depends on the person which of these is suited to who like email for example is comonly used by everyone but also doesnt always get a responce straight away. instant messaging is a good one for people who want to talk in real time, newsgroups and dicussion boards dont have the speed like instant messaging but alos have differeant topics to choose from so all in all i guess its only really up to people to decide.

NEWSGROUPS

This task i have to honestly say frudtrated the hell out of me, because first i tryed using outlook but my computer wouldnt let me do that every time i tryed to send a message my computer went spastic. I ended up going to google groups and finding a newsgroup there, i found an xbox 360 newsgroup and posted this message.

From: Punksta24
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:44:10 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Mon, Jun 16 2008 5:44 pm
Subject: Looking Forward to!!

Hey was just curious what games people out there are looking forward to on the xbox 360 coming soon, me personally i cant wait for Rock band and fable 2 to come out here in Australia and also gears of war 2 is another. i actually just got nija guiden 2 and totally recoment it to anyone who enjoyed the original game.

CHAT

Ok now this task was right up my ally im a constant user of MSN mostly but have used things like ICQ and other chat devices in the past. but im going to talk about MSN ive spoken to a few people and most of us agree that MSN is one of the most used chat services on the internet, probaly becuase you get it free with every computer you buy that has Windows installed.

Now most comanly youll know MSN straight away from this little image here.

The different colours/symbols representing different things such as Green-Online,Green with clock-Be right back/Away/Out to lunch,Green with red and white dot-Busy/In a call and of course the Grey-Offline/Signout. Now this is what the main area looks like on msn.

This is where all your friends are and where u can see who is online or not,it also has a cool little feature that i use which takes you straight to your email.There are all sorts of adverts up the side to check out to. up the top is where youir name is which u can change to anything u like for that day and underneath an area so u can give a personal message.

Now once you see someone online u wanna talk to its just a matter of double clicking and a chat windows appears alowwing you to chat to that person. its also is able to see pictures and also webcam if available as pictured below.

I have to honestly say i found this task kinda boring only cause i already now all this stuff cause ive been doing it for years.

and in answering the questions in the group task after some hefty discussion, ive decided there isnt alot of differance with each chat system they all over the same thing except some are alot easier to use than others. i personally prefer MSN but thats cause ive always used ti so thats what im used to.ICQ isnt a bad program but i find it difficult to use and the same goes for AIM.