Definitions: January 2006 Archives

As I started to write some of the material destined for future articles here on Taming Email, it became apparent to me that I was making a lot of assumptions about how email is organized and structured. In order to avoid losing folks from the very start, a few definitions of some of the basic concepts of email might well be in order, both for now, and for reference later.

Based on the kinds of questions I get out on Ask Leo!, it's clear that the differences between email domains, accounts and addresses is one area of common confusion. Since I'll be relying heavily on some of those differences as I lay out my recommending "taming tricks", it's worth a few minutes to go over exactly what those are.

A lot of people understand domains, but the difference between an email address and an email account? Not so much.