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To send and receive e-mail,
you need an e-mail address
so that your Internet
Service Provider (ISP) will
know where to “pick up”
and “deliver” mail.
The My Presario—Learning
More CD has information on
finding e-mail addresses.
E-mail extensions identify the
type of server where an
organisation resides. Some of
the most common e-mail
extensions and their
descriptions are as follows:
Extension Description
.org organisation
.com commercial
.net commercial
.edu education
.gov government
agencies
.mil military
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Understanding E-mail Addresses
Some ISPs allow you to pick an e-mail address, but others
require you to follow a set pattern:
➜
your name
➜
@
➜
ISP server name
ISP names can be longer and more complex, but basically
anything to the right of the @sign is the ISP server name and
anything to the left is the user name. For example: