Internet Chapter 7

 

¤     A mailing list is a list of email addresses and names for a group of people who share a common interest in subject or topic and exchange information by subscribing to the list.

 

¤     Any information sent to a mailing list is delivered automatically to every e-mail address on the list.

 

¤     When you subscribe to a mailing list, leave the Cc, Bcc, and Subject line(s) blank.

 

¤     To join a mailing list, type subscribe listname yourname on one line in the message area as your subscription request.

 

¤     When you subscribe to a mailing list, you provide your first and last names.

 

¤      If the mailing-list server returns your subscription request without processing it, make sure that you spelled the word subscribe correctly, typed your first and last names, and did not include a signature file.

 

¤      Sometimes the mailing-list server will send you a confirmation message that you must return so it can confirm your e-mail address.

 

¤     Posting a message means to send an e-mail message to a mailing list.

 

¤     After the list server processes your document-retrieval commands, it returns the requested files to you by e-mail.

 

¤     MIME is the general standard for PCs for e-mail encoding.

 

¤     Binary data that people send daily through e-mail messages include programs, spreadsheets, and digital photographs.

 

¤     ASCII codes do not provide enough unique characters to represent graphics.

 

¤     To look up a friend, you use a white pages directory service.

 

¤     A yellow pages directory searches business directories.

 

¤     To use a directory search engine, you send your keywords to the server.

 

¤     You can use the Web’s white pages or yellow pages sites to search for a person’s e-mail address.

 

¤     The SEARCH.COM tool can access and search e-mail addresses, white pages listings, and yellow pages listings.

 

¤     Commercial mailing lists allow advertisers to send percipients promotional materials for specific product or categories of products.

 

¤     It is possible to find college courses conducted through mailing lists.

 

¤     When you send a message to a newsgroup, anyone with Internet access and a news reader can read it.

 

¤     When you send a message to a mailing list, only the list’s members can read it.

 

¤     It is not uncommon to receive hundreds of messages within a couple of days of joining a particularly active mailing list.

 

¤     You do not need to know how to use you’re e-mail program to access a newsgroup.

 

¤     A mailing list program automatically responds to subscription requests.

 

¤     A list server might delete archived messages periodically to recover disk space.