What is an email address?
This address is made up of two parts: Email account This is a particular users email account name that, in this case, the vicomsoft.com mail server can deal with. Domain name This is a name that a company has registered so that they can use it on the Internet. Other examples are: apple.com, or microsoft.com. If a person or company has not registered their own domain name then they may be using their Internet Service Provider’s (ISP) domain name, for example: netcom.com, or aol.com. This is usually a less expensive option than registering your own domain name, but does mean that you have to use your ISP’s domain name all the time. In the above example “vicomsoft.com” is the domain name that has been registered so that Vicomsoft can use it on the Internet. For further information on registering domain names please see the reference URLs at the end of section 2. • How does email get from one email client to another email client? • Fred wants to send an email message to joe@acompany.com. T
An Email address identifies the recipient that electronic mail should be delivered to at a Domain. Email addresses are formatted in the following way: UserName@DomainName.com Or MailboxName@DomainName.com The mailbox or user name specifies the individual user at the Domain name to which you are sending Email. There can be an unlimited number of mailbox user names associated with a Domain name, allowing for the creation of an unlimited number of Email addresses at any Domain name.
