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Structure of an Email Message
              Following are the major sections of an email message:

              •  Header: This section allows you to enter the following information:
                   w From: Email address of the sender.
                   w To: Email address of the recipient.
                   w Cc (Carbon Copy): This option is generally used when we want the same message to be sent to a large group of
                  people at the same time. The list of all the recipients will be displayed in the received message header. We can also
                  use this option when we want another person to be informed of the mail sent to the recipient.
                   w Bcc (Blind Carbon Copy): This Email address is invisible to a recipient. This option is used when you want to send
                  a copy of an email to another person without bringing it to the knowledge of the recipient. It will not be displayed
                  in the received message header.
                   w Subject: It is a brief discussion of the topic of the message.
              •  Body: The main content of the email, written by the sender, is in the body. It consists of the message and the
                signature of the sender.
              •  Attachments: We can attach any type of file like word document, presentation, any program code, audio, video etc.
                It is usually a symbol of a paper pin. Select this option to open a dialog box which gives access to files stored in your
                device. Select a proper path to attach the required file.
              •  Date: It is the date and time of sending a message.




                         The first email was sent in 1971. Ray Tomlinson, the engineer who invented the email
                         program on the ARPANET system.




                      CREATING AN EMAIL ACCOUNT


              Before we get into this process of sending and receiving an email, it is important to create an email account. Either
              we can have a paid email service by creating an email using an ISP server or we can create an email account by using
              a free web based email service provider. Some of the commonly used service provider are: Hotmail.com, Gmail.com,
              Outlook.com, Yahoo.com, rediffmail.com etc. You can write the email address of any of these in the address bar of any
              browser window. Let us now proceed to create an email account in the Gmail email service:

              Step 1:   Connect your computer to the Internet and type www.gmail.com in the address bar of the browser window.
                      It will display the following screen:





















              Step 2:   Click on Create an account option.



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