Email

When you set up an account with an Internet Service Provider, you are given an email address and a password. You send an email to a mail server where it is stored in a mailbox, which holds incoming mail until the recipient downloads it. The mail you receive is stored on the mail server until you next connect and download it to your hard drive.

There are two ways of using email:

• Mail program installed on your computer (for example Outlook Express)
• Web-based email accessible from any web browsers (Gmail, Hotmail, Seznam…)

A typical email address has three parts: