explain e-maile. what are its advantages
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Explanation:
Emails are delivered extremely fast when compared to traditional post. Emails can be sent 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Webmail means emails can be sent and received from any computer, anywhere in the world, that has an internet connection . Emails can be sent to one person or several people. ...
Explanation:
Email is electronic mail. It is a most popular service of the internet. It is a system to exchange digital messages between author and recipient.
Advantages of Email:
Emails are delivered extremely fast when compared to traditional post
Emails can be sent 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Emails can be sent and received from any computer, anywhere in the world, that has an Internet connection.
It is cheaper than traditional mail system.
Emails can be sent to one person or several people at once.
There is always a record of the exact conversation in an email until deleted.
People don't have to be present to receive the email.
Messages can be encrypted making it possible to send confidential information.
It is versatile. Messages, photos, videos etc can be sent easily and not need to pay extra charge as in postal mail.
Disadvantages of Email:
The recipient needs access to the Internet to receive email.
Viruses are easily spread via email attachments.
Email is used for phishing. (sending an email to a user falsely claiming to be a legitimate company to scam the user into providing information, such as personal information and bank account numbers on a bogus website. The details will then be used for identity theft.)
Minor mistake can deliver the email to wrong address.
No guarantee the mail will be read until the user logs on and checks their email.