RWS Quiz Q8 Electronic Mail Flashcards
A ________________ is a message sent via internet along with the web in a formal workplace.
professional e-mail
A ____________ does not require detailed and elaborative content.
regular mail
Basic Parts of an Email Message:
Subject Line
Sender
Recipient
Salutation
Email Body
Closing
Signature
Attachments
Basic Parts. What is the email about? This summarizes the email and make it sound important enough to be read.
Subject Line
Basic Parts. The email address of the person who sent the message appears here. Most services display the person’s name before email address.
Sender
Basic Parts. If you are receiving the message, your email address probably won’t appear here. Instead, you might see wording like “to me.”
Recipient
Subparts of Recipient
Carbon Copy (CC)
Blind Carbon Copy (BCC)
Subparts of Recipient. People who receive the email for their own information, but who are not expected to reply. When you press “reply all,” all of these addresses receive your response.
Carbon Copy (CC)
Subparts of Recipient. People who receive the email but are not listed as recipients. Senders use the BCC section if they don’t want recipients to know who else has received the email. They do not receive “reply all” responses.
Blind Carbon Copy (BCC)
Basic Parts. After the subject line, your __________ is the next part that the recipient will see. Don’t skip this part unless you are emailing back and forth quickly with someone in a virtual conversation.
Salutation
Basic Parts. Contains the message of the email. Effective emails keep their email bodies short and add more extensive information to the attachments.
Email Body
Basic Parts. If an email message is an electronic letter, it’s polite to end it with a __________.
Closing
Basic Parts. Many business email accounts have ___________ sections that include the sender’s position, company and even company logo.
Signature
Basic Parts. An email might include an __________ that provides more information.
Attachments
What are the features of professional e-mail?
Concise subject line
Proper greeting
Comprehensive and direct body/text
Polite and Formal closing