The electronic mail is the most widely used application on the Internet. An email
is an electronic mail sent from one computer to another. Apart from text, emails can
have pictures, videos, and sounds as attachments.
is an electronic mail sent from one computer to another. Apart from text, emails can
have pictures, videos, and sounds as attachments.
E-MAIL ACCOUNT
To receive or send emails you have to have an email account. You can have an email
account on your ISP's server or have a web based email account.
There are several sites where you can create free email accounts. Some popular ones
are- www.gmail.com
www.hotmail.com
www.yahoo.com
ADVANTAGES OF E-MAIL
1) It is a very fast and economical way of sending mail.
2) We can send an email to a large number of people simultaneously.
3) Text, pictures, songs and videos can also be mailed.
4) It is a reliable mode of communcation.
DISADVANTAGES OF E-MAIL
Even if there is a small error in the email address, it will not be delivered to the
correct recipient. So the address must be entered carefully and correctly.
Every email address has two parts separated by the@symbol
SYNTAX OF AN E-MAIL ADDRESS
username@host name
e.g.sunny@yahoo.com
where sunny is the user name.
yahoo.com is the name of the host server.
The host name is the name of the email server which is providing you the email services.
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