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You may be using a 'free' (as in free of cost) email such as Gmail. You should know that your mails can be 'read' by the email provider Google. Just like Google retains your 'searches' information, it also  'machine reads' your mails, so that it can show you advertisements based on the content of your searches and mails.  
 
You may be using a 'free' (as in free of cost) email such as Gmail. You should know that your mails can be 'read' by the email provider Google. Just like Google retains your 'searches' information, it also  'machine reads' your mails, so that it can show you advertisements based on the content of your searches and mails.  
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Your mails may also be 'tapped' by authorised and unauthorised entities as it passes over the internet. Hence you need to take the maximum care of your digital information and be careful of what you share digitally. You should not assume that anything digital is automatically private and confidential, it may not be.
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Your mails may also be 'tapped' by authorised and unauthorised entities as it passes over the internet. Hence you need to take the maximum care of your digital information and be careful of what you share digitally. You should not assume that anything digital is automatically private and confidential, it may not be.
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=====Creating your email id (gmail)=====
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Your teacher will help you create your gmail id.
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=====Composing, sending and receiving emails=====
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To compose a new message usinig gmail, click "Compose". This can be found on the left panel. When you click on that you see a panel open for composing a new mail.
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Now you can start composing your new mail
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To: enter in an email address
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Cc: “Carbon copy” or “courtesy copy” another email address (not the main recipient; meant to keep others in the loop)
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Bcc: “Blind carbon copy” another email address (any email addresses entered here will be hidden from one another)
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Subject: a few words to describe what your email is about
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Body of the email: type your message
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Click on attachment icon (next to send icon) to attach your local files(text files, images, etc.) with the mail and send it to the receipt.
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After you done all the above steps and if are ready to send your mail, just click on Send icon.
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To access your sent mails, click on Sent from the left side gmail panel.
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Checking mails and Reply
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Your Inbox displays all email messages you have received. By default, unread messages in your Inbox have a white background and display in bold lettering while read messages have a grey background and normal type.
    
====Social networking====
 
====Social networking====

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