Exam 4: Communicating Online

When subscribing to a(n) ____, the subscription begins automatically upon receipt of the subscription email message.

Another name for unsolicited junk email is ____.

An IMAP server provides mail management functions on the server.

A standard feature of any email client is the ____ feature, which allows you to respond to an incoming message.

The _________________________ contains the text of an email message.

____ is an example of a social bookmarking site.

____ is the protocol used by Usenet servers to send newsgroup messages over an IP network.

The steps in the transmission of an email message parallel those followed in the delivery of a letter by a traditional postal service.

Picasa is an example of a(n) ____ website.

Although Windows Live Mail allows you to assign a message a High, or Low Priority, all outgoing messages are _________________________ Priority by default.

The _________________________ line contains one or more email addresses of the message's recipient or recipients.

A courtesy copy is a copy of a message sent without the recipient's name or email address appearing in the message header.

_________________________ are online bulletin boards that were first made available in the 1980s over the Usenet network.

____ is an example of a social networking site focused on career networking.

Names, addresses, email addresses, and other important information about those with whom you correspond are stored in the ____.

Critical Thinking Questions Case 4-2 You are an independent sales representative for a number of companies that manufacture automotive parts. You travel extensively to visit customers located across the country. You are thinking about ways to exploit the Internet in order to communicate more effectively with your vendors and your customers. Which of the following social networking sites would be the most effective venue for broadcasting brief status updates on current automotive parts specials to your customers?

The increase in broadband Internet access, together with access to inexpensive video equipment and webcams, has made creating personal video clips and sharing them online a very popular activity.

____ is/are a facility that allows two or more people to exchange text or multimedia messages in real time.

To protect against spam, many ISPs and most web-based email services provide _________________________ services.

The outgoing mail server contacts a(n) ____ name server, as shown in the accompanying figure, to resolve the host domain name portion of the email address to an IP address, determines the best route over the Internet to the message's destination, and sends the message on its way.