Sending and Receiving Messages

Attachment

• Used to create and write a message.
• File (image, document) sent via email.
• List of received email messages.

Forward

• Sends the email to a new recipient.
• Person to whom the email is sent.
• Information being communicated.

Bcc

• Stands for carbon copy; names and addresses of those that have been carbon copied are visible to all other recipients.
• Stands for bold communication company; a system of attention-getting marketing products.
• Stands for blind carbon copy; names and addresses of those that have been carbon copied are not visible to other recipients.

Cc

• Stands for carbon copy; names and addresses of those that have been carbon copied are visible to all other recipients.
• Stands for carbon care; the names of those who have concerns for emails.
• Stands for blind carbon copy; names and addresses of those that have been carbon copied are not visible to other recipients.

Inbox

• Unwanted messages that takes up space in your goggle mail.
• The place where users store their favorite emails.
• List of received e-mail messages.

Theme

• Allows user to customize the appearance of the Gmail window.
• The topic of a particular email.
• Allows user to color background pictures in their mail.

Sender

• Person who receives the mail.
• Person who carries the mail.
• Person who sends the email.

Subject

• Tells a story about the person who sends the mail.
• Gives the recipient an idea of what the message is about in 130 characters or less.
• Includes topic, punctuation, and correct spelling.

Reply

• Method of sending a response to a previous email.
• Closes the window so that no one can reply to the message.
• Opens and closes mail so others cannot respond.

Signature

• Text that is automatically included in all outgoing messages.
• A picture that goes with the email text.
• Text that is automatically downloaded from a site.