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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.
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You must have an Internet connection to send and receive e-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 under:
orangeeducation123@gmail.com orangeeducation@yahoo.co.in
Although these e-mail addresses have different formats depending upon the type of network but
they always have same 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 orangeeducation123@gmail.com
a particular server or network for sending or
receiving e-mails. Username Domain name
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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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