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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.
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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 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 orangeeducation123@gmail.com
particular server or network for sending
or receiving e-mails. User name 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.
Creating an E-mail Account
There are various websites that give e-mail service free of cost. Some of them
are Gmail, Yahoo, Rediffmail, Hotmail, etc. You can create your e-mail account
with any of these service providers. The most common general purpose and free
e-mail service provider is Gmail. You can open account with any of the other
service providers also. The basic steps involved in creating an e-mail account on
Gmail are:
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