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Setting up a Gmail Account & Email

Safety
HAYDERALEBRAHIMI

MASTER/ IT

[email protected]

2024-2023
Setting up a Gmail Account & Email
Safety
Email Basics
 Send & receive digital
messages and content over
the internet

 Productivity Tool
 Calendar
 Address book

 Web-based email can be


accessed anytime &
anywhere
Setting up a Gmail Account & Email
Safety
Email Addresses
 Format:
 Username
 @
 Provider’s domain
 Ex. [email protected]

 Free Email Account Providers:


 Yahoo
 Microsoft’s Hotmail
 Google’s Gmail
Setting up a Gmail Account & Email
Safety

Setting up a Gmail Account

 Go to: www.gmail.com
 Click here to Create your Account
Creating a Gmail Account

 Enter a password
 Enter or choose a security question or write your own.
Creating a Gmail Account

 Type in your birthdate month/day/year


 Type in the word in the “word verification” box
 Click on the I accept. Create my account button
 You can either use Google as your home page or
 a tab on your home page
Creating a Gmail Account

 Congratulations
 Click on Show me my account
Gmail Inbox for your Account

 Notice the 3 email from Google in your inbox


 3 tutorials explaining some of the features of
Gmail.
Composing a “New Message”

 Click on “New” or
“Compose”

 Contacts
 Like an address book
 Contains email
addresses & contact
information
Properly Addressing a Message

 Subject:
 Brief description

 CC (Carbon Copy)
 To include other people in an
email message

 BC (Blind Carbon Copy)


 Addresses will not be visible
to other parties.

 Attachments
 Attach or Upload files
Draft or Send

 Draft:
 Save it to send later

 Send
 Only click on when the
message is complete
and ready to go.
Inbox

 Shows all incoming mail you have


received
 Click on the email to read it.
 All unread emails are usually marked in bold
text
Reply or Reply All

 Reply
 When you want to respond
to an email
 New window will appear to
compose your message

 Reply All
 The message will be sent to
all parties in the email.
 **Caution** Always check
the “To” box before hitting
the “send” button to avoid
embarrassment of sending
it to the wrong people.
Forwarding an Email

 Forward
 Share an email
message with
another individual
SPAM or Junk Email

 Spam
 Carries viruses and
fraudulent scams
 Do NOT open it
 Move it to the Spam
Folder

 Do NOT open files with a


attachment that has a file
extension ending in:
 .exe
 .zip
 .scr
Trash or Deleted Items

 Deleted Items
 To delete click on the
“Delete” Command
 Once it is deleted from
the trash folder “it’s
gone”

 Trash Folder
 Items in the trash folder
are accessible
Protect Yourself from Phishing

 Don’t reply to emails that ask


for personal or financial  Never call company phone
information numbers listed in an email.

 Never click links within emails  Don’t email personal or


that ask for personal or financial information
financial information
 Use anti-virus and anti-
 Avoid cutting and pasting spyware software, a firewall,
links from an email message and spam filters.
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