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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 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


                 Although these e-mail addresses have different formats depending upon the type of network
                 but always have same form— a user name and a domain name  separated by @ (pronounced
                 as ‘at’) symbol. The portion before the at (@) symbol is called the user name 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.

                                         orangeeducation123@gmail.com


                                                    User name               Domain name





                           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.





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