MANAGING E-MAIL
Module 2.4
Email Access
Creates an email account
CAPTCHA ( Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart )
Usually takes the form of distorted letters and words that no computer software can recognise, but
which humans can recognise with ease
Why do we need it?
A lot of spam is automated today
Bots search websites and try to join mailing lists or sign up to blogs to harvest email addresses
Websites use tests to make sure that you are human before allowing you to join up
Searching your email
A good search is the quickest and easiest way to find any email you may be looking for
To search, simply type a term or email address into the search box
You can search on multiple criteria
Click on Inbox to list all email messages
Sorting email messages
Email messages in Gmail cannot as yet be sorted
An emailing reading app such as Outlook has tools to sort your emails when reading it in app
Flagging email messages
Various flagging facilities are available in Gmail
Add stars
Mark as important
Grouping messages into folders
Create labels / folders
Assign a label
Module 2.4
Email Access
Creates an email account
CAPTCHA ( Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart )
Usually takes the form of distorted letters and words that no computer software can recognise, but
which humans can recognise with ease
Why do we need it?
A lot of spam is automated today
Bots search websites and try to join mailing lists or sign up to blogs to harvest email addresses
Websites use tests to make sure that you are human before allowing you to join up
Searching your email
A good search is the quickest and easiest way to find any email you may be looking for
To search, simply type a term or email address into the search box
You can search on multiple criteria
Click on Inbox to list all email messages
Sorting email messages
Email messages in Gmail cannot as yet be sorted
An emailing reading app such as Outlook has tools to sort your emails when reading it in app
Flagging email messages
Various flagging facilities are available in Gmail
Add stars
Mark as important
Grouping messages into folders
Create labels / folders
Assign a label
