Electronic E-mail

Introduction to E-mail

Sending and receiving messages and files electronically is known  as e-mail. A user can send messages from computer to anyone in  the world who has an e-mail account. Peoples can also attach  pictures, programs and sounds with an e-mail.

E-mail Account

Storage area or "mailbox" supplied by and email service provider   is called e-mail account. Each e-mail account has a unique address.Email account can be obtained by registering with ISPs (Internet Service Provider) or e-mail service provider such as Hotmail,Yahoo and Gmail.

Mailbox

E-mail address

A unique address of and e-mail account is called an e-mail address. As e-mail address consists of two parts:

1) User name or ID.

2) Domain ( The name of the computer that stores the e-mail messages).