What is email? Parts of email, email vs traditional mail
What is email?
Is a Short for electronic mail, e-mail or email is a message that may contain text, files, images, or other attachments sent through a network to a specified individual or group of individuals.Parts of email
Email is divided into three parts, a username, @ sign and a domain name.Example rafaelkilumile@gmail.com has the user name part, @ sign and the last part is the domain name.
rafaelkilumile is the user name
@ sign divides between the user name and the domain name.
Domain name represents the domain to
which the user belongs and for this case
gmail.com.
Email program
To send and receive e-mail messages you can use an e-mail program, also known as an e-mail client, such as Microsoft Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird.When using an e-mail client, you must have a server that stores and delivers your messages, provided by your internet service provider (ISP) or in some cases, another company. An e-mail client needs to connect to the server to download new e-mail, whereas email stored online updates automatically when you visit the site.
An alternative way of sending and
receiving e-mail is an online e-mail service or webmail. Examples include Hotmail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail.
Many of the online e-mail services,
including the aforementioned ones, are
free or have a free account option.
Writing email
Several fields are required when sending an e-mail. The "To" field is where you type the e-mail address of the person who you are sending the message to.The "From" field should contain your e-mail address. If you are replying to a message, the To and From fields are automatically filled out, but if it's a New Message, you'll need to enter them manually.
Next, the CC or Carbon Copy field allows you to send a copy of the message to another e-mail address, but is not mandatory.
The Subject Line, although not required,
should consist of a few words describing what the e-mail is about.
Finally, the Message Body is the location you type your main message.
It often contains your signature at the bottom, similar to a hand-written letter.
Email vs traditional mail
Similarities
1. Both forms of mailing can send andreceive mails.
2. They both have mailbox.
3. Both have laws.
4. Both are solicited by advertisements.
Differences
1. SPEED
The greatest advantage of sending email is that it is much faster than writing a standard letter.2. FLEXIBILITY
Although emails are very fast, they lack the flexibility of regular mail. You can send and receive packages, magazines,
brochures and more via postal delivery but not by electronic mail.
3. COST
Other than cost of internet it costs nothing to send emails, where as for post mail you have to pay for the letter or the parcel.
4. MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS
If you send copies of letters to multiple
recipients by regular mail, you will have to pay postage for each letter that you send.
Preparing each letter for mail out can also be time-consuming.
However, you can send letters to multiple email recipients within seconds by including their email addresses in the "To:" or "BCC:"
boxes.
5. SAFETY
Computer viruses can sometimes be attached to unsolicited emails that you may receive. These can damage your hard drive and destroy your stored information.
This poses no threat if you use regular mail.
6. RELIABILITY
With post mail its possible for the parcel to be stolen on transit, but this is not the case for email.
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