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What is E(lectronic)-Mail ?
What is a E-Mail ?
E-Mail (short for Electronic-Mail) is the transmission,
receival and storage of digital messages. With a digital (email) message one can
sent/receive many types of media. In the message one can show text and images
directly to the reader. One can transmit files or offer or submit an application
through email. E-Mail is versatile and fast making world wide dialogs and data
sharing possible with ease.
What email address can i use ?
An E-Mail address requires a domainname
which is enabled for E-Mail use. In front of this domainname you can place your
username. Together (Jim.Jackson@mydomainname.com) these form an email address.
An E-Mail address has several rules and is only functional if the address is valid.
The
rules for a valid E-Mail address are ;
- the username part in front of
the @ sign may only consist of the alphanumeric characters
A to Z, 0 to 9, the underscore ( _ ) , the hyphen ( - ) and the period ( . )
- the username must start with a letter or number as first character
- uppercase and lowercase characters are treated the same
- there are no spaces allowed in or after the username or @ symbol
- the full email address should not exceed 127 characters
What do i need for using E-Mail ?
To make use of E-Mail you will
need an hosted account offering E-Mail services for incoming and outgoing E-Mail.
This account can be accessed by online applications (webmail) as well as offline
locally stored applications (regular mail applications). Local E-Mail applications
like Outlook,
Incredimail,
Opera Mail and others offer a range of functionalities
making the management of new and old E-Mails a joy. Select your E-Mail application
carefully, its limitations are yours when chosen.
Spam and Virus risks ?
Beeing free of spam and fishing attacks as well as safe from virusses is a must these days. With over a 100 billion spam messages generated per day your mailbox could potentially fill up with mostly spam. Using a spam filter helps to remove the E-Mails which are most likely spam. ID&A offers EMail Defense services using MX Logic technology.
Viruses can be very harmfull to your daily activities.
Exluding viruses from your computer starts with a proper virus scanner which is
set to scan your computer system regularly. Most virus scanners include removal
routines where the virus immediatly is taken care off. Advised is anti virus software
from Semantic or Mcafee.
Server
quality
The quality of the mailserver is an important issue for fast and consistent E-Mail services. Fast responses, a clean no-spam history and backups are aspects that should rank high on your criteria. ID&A offers such servers as managed servers in quality Rackspace datacenters. With ID&A your mailserver has a team of technical postman available to tackle the problems that can arise.
"ID&A
Perfect Uptime E-Mail servers"
(Source:
InterSeer April 2012)
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