Contents
About TONIC
Using TONIC
Introducing the Internet
Exploring the Internet
Internet tools
Searching the Internet
Communication
Introduction
Asynchronous
Email
Advantages
Using email
Etiquette
Mailing lists
Quiz 5
Newsgroups
Synchronous
Conclusion
Creating web pages
Course conclusion

Electronic Mail

What is email?

Electronic mail or email is a system for transmitting messages between computers on a network.

This enables email users to send messages to other email users or groups of users, quickly, conveniently and cheaply.

In addition to it's use for personal communication, computers can also be set up to automatically respond to email messages, a facility which is used for the management of mailing lists.

 Linus emailing Ron

Uses of email

  • Communication

    Email is an effective and efficient way of keeping in touch with colleagues and friends around the world, because it is quick, cheap and relatively informal.

  • Collaboration

    Email offers a simple means to communicate with groups of other email users to make announcements, ask questions and exchange documents.

  • Exchanging documents

    Documents can easily be sent, edited, and re-sent via email. This makes email a fast and efficient medium for applications such as joint authoring of documents where the authors are geographically dispersed for remote supervision of theses. For an excellent example of usefulness of this feature, read about how a well-known book on networking was produced.

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