CS 008 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Internet Message Access Protocol, Blind Carbon Copy, Dumpster Diving

• School: UC Riverside
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: CS 008
• Professor: Gustafson Toby

Document Summary

Email (electrical mail): mainly text-based; web- based most popular. Imap (internet message access protocol): for receiving mail; store and forward stores mail and forwards it even if person is not online. Smtp (simple mail transfer protocol): for sending mail. Cc (carbon copy): need to be informed but not main person. Bcc (blind carbon copy): let someone know without others knowing so; invisible to others. Reply all: replies to all those included in the email. Thread: grouping of similar subjects; makes things easier and organized. Problems people spend too much time on email because of replying/reading/avoiding spam. Filter: auto tool; monitors emails by looking for certain terms. Spam filter: auto archive to spam folder; to make people spend less time on emails. Vacation message: auto set reply to emails so people know you are not ignoring them. Sms (short message service): short messages from cell phone users; use to charge per text; was not expected to gain this much popularity.