Page 52 - ThinkGPT_V2.1_C5_Flipbook
P. 52

Features of E-Mail

                  E-mail has several features. Some of them are as follows:

                     Ability to attach the files along the message.

                     Ability to store the information such as message and contact list.
                     Ability to send Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) type files.




                            Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) is an Internet standard to the
                            expand capabilities of e-mail. It was invented by Bell Communications in 1991 to
                            send audio, video, images, and application programs as attachments in e-mail.


                  Advantages of E-Mail

                  E-mail has various advantages, some of them are:
                     An e-mail can be sent anytime and from anywhere in the world.

                     An e-mail can be sent to many people at a time.
                     An e-mail can be easily forwarded to anyone without typing it again.

                     Sending an e-mail is fast in comparison to traditional mails.

                  E-Mail Address

                  You need to have an electronic address to send and receive e-mails. This electronic address
                  is called e-mail address. The e-mail address is unique for each e-mail user. Some examples
                  of e-mail addresses are as follow:

                         orangeeducation123@gmail.com                           orangeeducation@yahoo.co.in
                                                                                  orangeeducation123@gmail.com
                  Although these e-mail addresses have different formats
                  depending upon the type of network but always have same                Username          Domain name
                  form— a username and a domain name  separated by @ (pronounced as ‘at’) symbol. The portion
                  before the at (@) symbol is called the username and the later one is called domain name. The
                  username is unique to every individual sending or receiving e-mails. The domain name is common
                  to all the individuals using a particular server or network for sending or receiving e-mails.



                                    Imagine,  if  your  emails  could  be  delivered  by  virtual  birds  that  fly  across  the
                                    Internet. What kinds of birds would deliver different types of messages?







                            The first person to send an e-mail across a network was Ray Tomlinson. He used
                            the “@” sign to separate the names of the user and the domain name.



                      50     Premium Edition-V
   47   48   49   50   51   52   53   54   55   56   57