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Electronic Mail (e-mail) is an online mailing service provided on the Internet by which one can
send messages to any person around the world through computing devices. It has become the
fastest, easiest and cheapest means of communication for business, governance, administration,
education, tourism, etc.
An individual who avails the service of the Internet must have a unique e-mail address.
Messages can be sent and received by using an e-mail id that can be accessed from anywhere at
any point in time, with internet connectivity.
Mails are received in a mailbox of an e-mail recipient. No two e-mail IDs can be identical. For
example, a typical e-mail address would look like: info@orangeeducation.com.
Generally, there are two parts of an e-mail address: i.e., the login identity and the identity of the
e-mail server, both are separated by @ (at the rate) symbol.
editorial@orangeeducation.in
User name at Domain name
(Login Identity) (Identity of Server)
User Name: The portion before the at (@) symbol is called the user name. It is unique to every
individual sending or receiving e-mails. Here it is ‘editorial’.
Domain Name: It tells which type of server the user is using. It has two parts - mail server and
top-level domain. The domain name is common to all the individuals using a particular server or
network for sending or receiving e-mails. Here domain name is ‘orangeeducation.in’.
@ (At the rate): The ‘@’ i.e., ‘at the rate’ sign connects the user with the domain name
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