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Contents & notes: what this topic covers
Under Electronic Mail, the JAMB Computer Studies syllabus expects you to study:
- 4. Electronic Mail
- (a) Definition
- (b) E-mail Service
- (c) Steps involved in creating and opening mail (email box, and chatting)
- (d) Features of e-mail address
Study notes & guidance
Study Electronic Mail using a recommended Computer Studies textbook that follows the JAMB syllabus. Work through the contents listed above one by one, make brief notes in your own words, and then practise as many questions on this topic as you can — in Computer Studies, understanding and steady practice matter far more than memorising. Use the objectives below as a checklist: if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.
Objectives — candidates should be able to
After studying Electronic Mail, you should be able to:
- Define Electronic Mail and Chatting
- List e-mail services: - Creating e-mail address - Composing e-mail - Sending/receiving e-mail - Adding attachments - Chatting - Creating mailing list/group - etc.
- Explain the features in an e-mail address [email protected] (user@Domainname) Explain the components of domain name.
These objectives are from the official JAMB syllabus. Use them as a checklist — if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.
Source: official JAMB UTME Computer Studies syllabus (IBASS, jamb.gov.ng). Reproduced for study use. Last checked: 17 Sept 2026. Always confirm the current syllabus on the official portal.