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Email 101

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Introduction to Email

Getting to know email

You may know that email (electronic mail) is a way to send and receive messages across the Internet, but do you know how individual emails are sent, or what they cost, or how email compares to traditional "snail" mail? To get a better idea of what email is all about, review the infographic below and consider how you might benefit from its use.

Understanding Email Infographic: What is Email? Email is a way to send and receive digital messages and content over the internet. Snail Mail VS Email: Snail Mail Address: Michelle Garcia 202 Cedar Lane Raleigh NC 27601. Email Address: mgarcia212@yahoo.com. Snail Mail Delivery: Your envelop or package is delivered by a mail carrier and received in a home mail box or post office box. Email Delivery: Your digital message is delivered electronically across the internet through various servers and received online in the inbox of your email service provider(Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.). Snail Mail Time: Average of 2 days for Letters, 3-10 days for packages. Email Delivery: Instanlty or within a few minutes if servers are busy. Snail Mail Contents: May include packets with documents or packages with larger items. Email Contents: May include attachments for digital documents, files, images, video and more. Snail Mail Cost:The price of stamps or shipping for larger items. Email Cost: Free with internet connection. Email Advantages: Productivity Tools: Email is usually packaged with a calendar, address book, instant messaging and more for convenience and productivity. Access to Web Services: If you want to sign up for accounts like Facebook, or order products from services like Amazon, you will need an email address, so you can be safely identified and contacted. Easy Mail Management: Email service providers have tools that allow you to file, label, prioritize, find, group, and filter your emails for easy management. You can even easily control spam, or junk email. Communicate with Multiple People: You can send an email to multiple people at once allowing you the option of having a conversation with several people or sending out a message to a hundred. Private: You email is delivered to your own personal and private account with a password required for accessing and viewing emails. Access anywhere at anytime: You don’t have to be at home to get your email. You can access it from any computer or mobile device that gets an internet connection.
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