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E-mail is a method of electronic communication that allows users to send and receive messages over the Internet. Ray Tomlinson created the first e-mail system in 1971 by developing a way to send messages to other users on the ARPANET using the "@" symbol to separate the username from the domain name. When an e-mail is sent, it does not go directly to the recipient but instead travels through servers along a pathway. E-mail messages can contain text and attachments like files and folders. Users have different e-mail folders like inbox, outbox, and spam to organize messages. For e-mail to work, an e-mail server with SMTP and POP3 protocols is required to send and receive messages

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E - Mail

E-mail is a method of electronic communication that allows users to send and receive messages over the Internet. Ray Tomlinson created the first e-mail system in 1971 by developing a way to send messages to other users on the ARPANET using the "@" symbol to separate the username from the domain name. When an e-mail is sent, it does not go directly to the recipient but instead travels through servers along a pathway. E-mail messages can contain text and attachments like files and folders. Users have different e-mail folders like inbox, outbox, and spam to organize messages. For e-mail to work, an e-mail server with SMTP and POP3 protocols is required to send and receive messages

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E Mail

History of E-Mails What is an E-Mail? What happens when we sent an E-Mail? E-Mail messages E-Mail Folders E-Mail Address Attachments Types of E-Mails E-Mail Requirements Advantages and Disadvantages

History of E-mails

E-Mail is one of Internets communication methods According to Darwin Magazine, the first e-mail was sent in 1971 Ray Tomlinson created the ability to send e-mails to anyone connected to the Internet by using the now common e-mail address with the @ symbol.

What is an E-Mail

E-Mail stands for Electronic Mail This is a program used to send and receive text messages The messages are sent o via the Internet and received within a fraction of a second

What happens?

When we send an email message the message does not simple go right to the recipient

The message has a path way to go through

E-mail Message

An e-mail message is basically a text file Thanks to technology we can now attach files and folders to our e-mails e-mails save a lot of money spent on stamps and postage costs e-mails also help the environment as less paper is used

Email Folders
Inbox this holds all the received messages from known contacts Outbox this holds all the messages that have been sent from your email Spam this holds all the messages that have been sent by unknown contacts Trash this holds all the messages that we have deleted Flagged this holds all the messages

E Mail Addresses

Each e-mail address must be unique

An e-mail is made up of the; 1. The Username this is chosen by the user 2. The Domain part which is found after the @ symbol. This is the name of the host of the email service

[email protected]

Attachments

An attachment is a function of adding a picture or other document to our emails

We could also send a number of files attached to one email


We attach multiple files by compressing them

Types of E-Mails

There are two main types of e-Mail: E-Mail services which are accessed by a standalone applications such as Outlook Free e-Mail services which are accessed through a web-site. Such as Yahoo!, Google, and Hotmail.

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E-Mail Requirement

In order to send an e-mail an e-mail server is required This e-mail server needs to have two services: SMTP (simple mail transfer protocol) which is used to send e-mails. POP3 (post office protocol 3) is used to receive e-mails.

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Advantages of E-mails
Speed 2. Asynchronous: communication does not occur at the same time. One can reply/read emails at his/her convenience unlike real-time chatting 3. Cheap: many companies such as Yahoo!, GMail, Hotmail offer free e-mail services. 4. The same message can be sent to a large group of recipients. 5. Environmental Friendly
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Disadvantages of E-mails
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Not everyone has an e-mail address whereas by using normal post, everyone can be reached Privacy: threat to privacy and security, if the password is known there will be total access to the e-mails and account data SPAM: this is very common and very difficult to get rid of Only Virtual Messages: no tangible products can be sent.

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