Account
Email Parts
Vocabulary
DOs
DON'Ts
100

A word used to gain access. It is long, strong, and difficult for someone else to guess while still relatively easy for you to remember

Safe password

100

This line contains the email address and/or name of the sender

From

100

These are messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network

Email

100

Do ensure there are no errors in your text by always doing this when sending professional correspondence

Spell check

100

DON’T USE ALL ________ WHEN SENDING A MESSAGE. People think you're yelling.

Caps

200

Signing up for a www.outlook.com account means you also automatically have this type of account

Microsoft Account

200

This line is where you type the address of the email recipient

To

200

This is the main part of an email message

Body

200

Do select this when you want to answer a sender or senders of am email message

Reply or Reply all

200

Informal language to be avoided in professional communication

Slang

300

What you must do to recover your account information. Ex: if you forget your password

Verify account

300

This line should indicate the topic or main idea of a message

Subject

300

A computer file sent along with an email message

Attachment

300

Do send your cover letter or resume in this format. Stands for Portable Document Format.

PDF

300

In professional correspondence, don’t use these small digital images or icons to express an idea, emotion, etc.

Emojis

400

Stands for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart

CAPTCHA

400

Use this line when you want to carbon copy someone on the message

CC

400

A personalized block of text that can be automatically added at the end of an email message

Email signature

400

Do assign this to an email message you compose. It tells the recipient how important it is.

Priority

400

Avoid sending unsolicited messages sent in bulk -considered to be junk mail

Spam

500

What you must remember to do when you’re done using your account on a shared computer

Sign out

500

Be cautious using this line when copying someone (it's like snitching)

BCC

500

This feature allows you to send a message you received to a recipient you specify

Forward

500

Do click this set of dots to open a menu of additional choices

Ellipsis

500

Angry, insulting, and/or critical message content to be avoided

Flame mail

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