Licenciatura

What is E-Mail?
E-mail stands for electronic mail, which is the transmission of messages over a communications network.  To use e-mail, you must have access to a computer that is linked to theoutside world, via a modem, phone line, or fiber optic cable.  E-mail messages are sent over the Internet and are stored in electronic mailbox servers for the recipient to retrieve them. 
How to Readan E-mail Address
E-mail addresses are one of the two types of addressing associated with the Internet.  They're distinguishable from the other type of addresses for pages on the World Wide Webbecause e-mail addresses have the "@" (at) sign in the middle.  Your e-mail address is specific to you.  Only you have it.  It's like your fingerprint.
Your e-mail address has three parts.
| Thefirst part is your username.  You set up the username with your Internet provider or e-mail service.  It might be a form of your name.  It might be a nickname.  If you are an antique collector, yourusername might be antiquefan.  It is at this point that your provider or service makes sure no one else on their system already has that name. |
 
| The second part of your e-mail address is the@ (at) symbol.  |
 
| That divides the username from the third part, which is the name of the computer that handles your mail.  The computer is also called a server.  Your Internet ServiceProvider (ISP) or e-mail service has a particular name for their server - like aol.com for America Online or yahoo.com for those who go through the Yahoo service.  Hotmail.com is an example of a freeweb-based e-mail service. |
How Does E-Mail Work?
When you send a message to your friend, it travels from your computer through your provider or service to your friend's mailbox, which is on herprovider's server.  The message is stored there on the provider's server until your friend logs on to check her mail.  When you check your mail, it travels down from your mailbox on the server to your...