Electronic Mail; Electronic Newsgroups - @Xi Computer Corporation Mtower User Manual

Electronic Mail

Electronic Newsgroups

New developments in Web software allow video and audio clips to be transmitted
from a Web site to your computer. Using the audio and video capabilities of the
Web, companies can provide presentations and demonstrations of their products
and services. @Xi Computer Corporation makes much of its product and service
information available through the Web.
Future developments in software and transmission methods will allow even greater
expansion of the World Wide Web. For example, you will soon be able to view
movies directly from the Web. The potential for new, innovative ideas makes the
versatility of the Web unlimited.
Electronic mail (e-mail) is a message system that lets you use the Internet to send
information to and receive information from other Internet users who also have
e-mail accounts. You can write notes to friends with e-mail, apply for jobs, send
business letters, or exchange legal documents. Many e-mail programs allow you to
attach computer files to the messages or send pictures along with your letter.
Many e-mail programs let you create mailing lists so that you can send the same
message to a group of people. Mailing lists are a convenient way to quickly
distribute information such as office memos and reports to a number of people
with just one message. The mailing list can consist of only a few names or
hundreds of addresses.
A electronic newsgroup is an online discussion group devoted to a single topic.
The topics are myriad. Newsgroups are components of bulletin board systems.
Usenet is the one of the most prominent bulletin board systems. It is a worldwide
discussion system that consists of thousands of different newsgroups. Each
newsgroup site contains articles on the site's topic as well as follow-up posts
where participants can respond to the contents of the articles or to remarks by other
participants.
Some newsgroups are "moderated." This means that the articles are first sent to a
moderator for approval before they appear on the newsgroup site. Some times the
moderator will get involved in the follow-up posts as well.
With such a vast number of newsgroups, it is likely that you can find at least one
that caters to your interests.
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