E-Mail (Electronic Mail)
We communicate with each other by speaking, using telephones, writing letter, etc. We can also communicate through computers using the E-mail or Electronic mail on the Internet. This is called Electronic communication. Email is fast and saves time and money and helps us to send text, photographs, sounds, pictures, etc. to other people across the world who also have e-mail addresses.
To use the e-mail facility you need:
- A computer
- An Internet connection
- An e-mail account
- The e-mail account of the receiver of your message
Just as you need to have the postal address of the person to send him/her a letter, an 'e-mail account' is the personal address of the person where messages can be sent through the computer. Every person has a different e-mail
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