Communicating Online Through Email

  Email is one of the most common means of transmitting information between people in today's world.  The main benefits of email are its speed of delivery, its low cost, accessibility, convenience, and ease of use.  When sending an email, the first thing one must know is the email address of the recipient.  Each address is unique to its user and so extra care must be taken when entering the address of a recipient.  An email address is composed of two components, a user ID and a host name.  The user ID is a unique identifier of the recipient; the MBOLDT in mboldt@gmail.com for example.  The host name is the name of the server where the email accoutnt is located; the GMAIL.COM in mboldt@gmail.com. 
  An email client is a program that is used specifically for the purpose of creating, sending, and receiving emails.  Examples of email clients include Microsoft Outlook, Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail, Opera Mail, and Mozilla Thunderbird.  On top of creating, sending, and receiving messages, most email clients include ways to organize received and sent messages in files. 
  In order to initate the creating of an email, first you must open your client.  Once the program has been opened you must select "create new message", "compose mail", or something to that effect, the exact wording varies depending on the client.

In order to send an email, one must understand the functions of the tools available.

When one has finished filling in the necessary fields, clicking the "send" button will whisk the message away to its destination.  Clicking "save" will save it in a folder for future sending or editing.  "Discard" will delete the message. 
  One of the interesting features of most email clients is their ability to allow the user to include a signature at the end of their emails.  In order to add a signature in gmail, from your inbox you click the "settings" link.  From their scroll down until you see a text box marked "signature".  Type the desired signature text in the box and hit save.  Now any message you send will feature your signature at the end.