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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.
                 •  Music, images or any other computer file can be shared with anyone by using e-mail.
                 •  If an e-mail does not reach its destination in the first attempt, the mail server automatically
                    sends it again.
                 •  If an e-mail is not delivered, you receive an e-mail explaining the problem why the e-mail
                    could not be delivered.

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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                               info@orangeeducation.in


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


                                                                                             #Digital Literacy
                      Let’s CatCh Up


                   Write any two features of an e-mail.

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