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E-MAIL
An Electronic mail or e-mail can be defined as the process of exchanging messages
electronically through a communications network by using computer. Although, an
e-mail is usually associated with the Internet, it is not necessary to have an Internet
connection to send and receive e-mails. Many organisations have e-mail facilities
within their own networks, without having Internet connection.
Advantages of an E-Mail
E-mails have various advantages, some of them are:
✶ Emails can be sent at any time and from anywhere in the world.
✶ An email can be sent to multiple recipients at once.
✶ Emails can be easily forwarded to others without the need to retype them.
✶ Sending an email is faster than traditional postal mail.
✶ Emails allow sharing of music, images, or other computer files with anyone.
✶ If an email fails to reach its destination, the mail server will automatically
attempt to resend it.
✶ If an email cannot be delivered, you will receive a notification explaining the
reason for the failure.
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While working on e-mails outside the organisation, you need to be connected
to the Internet. In absence of the Internet connection, you cannot send or
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 every Internet
user. Some, examples of e-mail addresses are as under:
orangeeducation123@gmail.com vikas@yahoo.co.in
Although these e-mail addresses have different formats depending upon the
type of network but always have same
form—a username and a domain orangeeducation123@gmail.com
name—separated by @ (pronounced as Username Domain name
‘at’) symbol. The portion before the at
(@) symbol is called the username and the later one is called domain name.
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