Transcript Email Extras

Email Extras
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Pepper
Objectives
E-mail extra knowledge
Cookies
Picture handling when creating site
E-mail Server Type
IMAP/POP
No e-mail viewer /
need e-mail client
Download to your PC
Can write off-line
Web Mail
E-mail viewer built in
No download
Everything done online
IMAP/POP setup
your e-mail address
name of incoming server
name of the outgoing SMTP server
your user and password
Address Book
Automatically adds
New card / New list
Search through different lists
Netiquette
Meaningful subject
Be careful – not private or secure
Be extremely polite and avoid sarcasm
Be concise – target first screen
Capital letters scream
Use BCC to copy a long list
Netiquette continued
Avoid “Reply All”
Keep attachments small (under 50K)
Explain attachments
Run anti-virus
Check virus reports for hoaxes
Sign your e-mail
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Cookies: What is a “cookie”?
Cookie –
Little text file a Web server puts on your
computer
Cookie: [email protected]
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What is a “cookie”?
Web sites use cookies to:
Track your path through a site
Provide information for ad banners
Retain info to help you next time
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Why do Web sites use cookies to keep
track of my activity?
To let the web server remember from page
to page
Provide temporary storage space
Way to identify your requests from others
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Are cookies safe and private?
Cookies are a relatively safe technology
Data, not computer program
Can only be accessed by site that created it?
Contain only information you disclose while
using the site
Uses a randomly generated number instead of
your name
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Does my computer have to accept
cookies?
Browsers will block, but site may refuse
P3P (Platform for Privacy Preferences
Project) – defines security tags for
cookies in their HTTP header
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Does my computer have to accept
cookies?
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How long do cookies stay on my
computer?
A web programmer can program cookie to
“time out”
You can delete the cookies
Netscape uses Cookies.txt or Magiccookie
IE stores each in a separate file
Advanced: write protect your Netscape
cookie file
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How long do cookies stay on my
computer?
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Picture loading time
Pictures take time to load
Slower connections
Reasonable picture size for web
Interlacing display
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