Using the Internet to
Communicate with E-mail

Abstract

This lesson allows students to explore an electronic mailing program.

They will do so by opening their pre-created accounts to receive an e-mail from the instructor.

This activity utilizes the Eudora e-mail system.

Objectives

Upon completion of this activity students should be familiar with the basic functions of Eudora and be able to send and receive e-mails easily.

Student Prerequisites

• Students must be able to:
  • perform basic procedures such as mouse clicking and typing.
  • access an account in Eudora

Teacher Preparation

Students will need:

• A pre-created Eudora account with an address as well as a password.
• A printed copy of the e-mail etiquette handout.

Lesson Outline

Go over e-mail etiquette and the proper uses of e-mail. Give each student the opportunity to log on to his e-mail account through the Terminal program (on a Mac) or Putty (on a PC).

Students will

• Login to Terminal
• Type in the Pine command
• Select the FOLDER LIST by pressing the enter/return or L key once
• Select Inbox

Allow students to read mail, and send a message to another student in the class (you may want to assign this to students in order to lessen confusion)